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<title>Accepting God’s Labor Day Gift</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In 1894, Labor Day was declared a national holiday. Most worked a six-day work week and then enjoyed Sundays for worship, time with family, and relaxation. Sunday was their “Divine Day of Vacation,” set aside by God to slow us down and recharge us physically, mentally, and—most importantly—spiritually.   In God’s 3rd Commandment, “Remember to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Hidden Life of Jesus Is the Overlooked Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-hidden-life-of-jesus-is-the-overlooked-life</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ I’ll never forget when I once told a relative about a group of cloistered nuns—the Poor Clares—in Cleveland, Ohio, who spend their entire lives adoring Jesus in the Most Blessed Sacrament. That relative thought it was a wasted life. Surely, they could be doing something better with their time, this person thought. My relative’s words ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Birth of Mary: Reflecting on the Feast Day</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-birth-of-mary-reflecting-on-the-feast-day</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Most years, on Mary’s birthday, I’m recuperating from a Labor Day weekend involving a backhoe and at least one cookout and probably canning of one sort or another. Labor Day seems like the perfect backdrop for a reflection of the Blessed Mother, though. It’s a chance to stop and honor the work and toil we ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Writing, Reading, and the Holy Spirit: Icons as Divine Relationship</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/writing-reading-and-the-holy-spirit-icons-as-divine-relationship</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the collection of Eastern monastic writings called the Philokalia, the goal of the spiritual life is clear: “We must make ourselves a dwelling place for the Holy Spirit,” writes St. Diodachos of Photiki. This directive to enshrine the Holy Spirit in oneself is consistent throughout the collection, and the way to achieve such a ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Devil Never Takes a Day Off: On Speaking Well and How to Judge</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-devil-never-takes-a-day-off-on-speaking-well-and-how-to-judge</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Q&amp;A WITH MYSTIC ALICJA LENCZEWSKA, PART 5 Continuing the theme of the fallen angels, I selected two long passages from the first volume of Alicja’s Journal, one from 1986 and the other from 1987. The abundance of words written during the mystical encounters may be surprising. It usually happens when the soul has advanced only ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>When Priests Leave: Finding a Balance Between Mercy and Reverence</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-priests-leave-finding-a-balance-between-mercy-and-reverence</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ I have watched multiple priests leave the priesthood over the years, including the priest who baptized my godson. During the wake of 2018 and COVID, there were quite a few, which left many of us heartbroken. There is a balance that must be found when a priest leaves the priesthood. The Church allows priests to ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>When, Priests, Leave:, Finding, Balance, Between, Mercy, and, Reverence</media:keywords>
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<title>Do We Have Ears to Hear Our Own Correction? 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/do-we-have-ears-to-hear-our-own-correction-23rd-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Previously in this Gospel, Jesus has spoken about authority in His Church.  This Sunday, He shows us how it works. Gospel (Read Mt. 18:15-20) This Sunday, Jesus teaches His disciples about life in the Church He intends to build.  Earlier (Mt. 16), He established Peter as its head, giving him the “keys” to the kingdom.  Now, He ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Finding Grace in Parental Failures</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Some time ago, I ran into an old friend, and as we were catching up with each other’s lives, she said to me, “You’ve always been such a patient mom.” I had no idea what compelled her to make this claim, given that I had not seen her in years. Regardless, instead of boosting my ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Answering the Universal Call to Holiness with a Rule of Life</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/answering-the-universal-call-to-holiness-with-a-rule-of-life</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Over the past sixty years the documents of Vatican II, and indeed the council itself, have become emblematic of a sort of Catholic ideological divide. Opponents and proponents site problems and progress that don’t necessarily originate in the Council, which closed on the feast of the Immaculate Conception in 1965. Pope St. John XXIII opened ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>A Saint Film to Inspire Others: Young Carlo</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-saint-film-to-inspire-others-young-carlo</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Why is it so hard to make a genuinely well-crafted saint film? This is a question that has baffled my mind for as long as I could remember. I grew up during the great digital transition of cinema where access to filming equipment suddenly became massively cheaper and more available to the consumer market which ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Saint, Film, Inspire, Others:, Young, Carlo</media:keywords>
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<title>Learning to Become: Fulton Sheen and the Beatitudes</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/learning-to-become-fulton-sheen-and-the-beatitudes</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Over the years, I have had the joy of republishing many of Fulton J. Sheen’s books. One day, while working on his 1937 classic, The Cross and the Beatitudes, I was asked by the editorial staff to come up with a creative subtitle for the book.  After reading through Fulton Sheen’s analysis of how the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Learning, Become:, Fulton, Sheen, and, the, Beatitudes</media:keywords>
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<title>“A Pathway Toward Healing and Hope”: Praying with the Beloved Apostle</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/a-pathway-toward-healing-and-hope-praying-with-the-beloved-apostle</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Back in January, I was invited to lead a day-long workshop for Catholic school leaders in the Archdiocese of Portland, Oregon. The topic that I was asked to address was “Catholic education as a healing ministry of the Church.” It is an important topic, and one that I have experienced, researched, written and spoken about, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>“A, Pathway, Toward, Healing, and, Hope”:, Praying, with, the, Beloved, Apostle</media:keywords>
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<title>Feel Good Religion Won’t Save You—The Cross Will</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/feel-good-religion-wont-save-youthe-cross-will</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Have you ever been duped? Fooled, tricked, deceived, conned, swindled? “You duped me O Lord!” That was Jeremiah’s complaint. Somewhere along the line, he must have gotten the idea in his head that the life of a prophet would win him friends, success, and honors. Instead, it won him derision and mockery. And why not? ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Feel, Good, Religion, Won’t, Save, You—The, Cross, Will</media:keywords>
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<title>Why Beauty is Bringing Young Catholics Home</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/why-beauty-is-bringing-young-catholics-home</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Modernity has trained us to use our senses for consumption rather than contemplation. Instead of engaging our senses to pull the beauty and meaning out of our lives, we increasingly use them as a means to score a momentary dopamine hit. When we do this, we are not only not using our senses in the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Why, Beauty, Bringing, Young, Catholics, Home</media:keywords>
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<title>Get Behind Me, Satan: Why Does Jesus Rebuke Peter?</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/get-behind-me-satan-why-does-jesus-rebuke-peter</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time In last Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus called Peter “the rock.”  This Sunday, He calls him “Satan.”  What happened? Gospel (Read Mt. 16:21-27) In the verses preceding this passage, Jesus and Peter had a remarkable exchange.  Peter identified Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God; Jesus announced that God had revealed ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Get, Behind, Me, Satan:, Why, Does, Jesus, Rebuke, Peter</media:keywords>
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<title>The Three Pillars of Faith—In Lived Reality</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-three-pillars-of-faithin-lived-reality</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-three-pillars-of-faithin-lived-reality</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Imagine you are stuck in traffic. You are late, and there will be consequences. You cry out with a plea in your despair. Suddenly, your car is raised aloft by angels. You fly over all the traffic and land softly at your destination a few minutes early. This is not the Catholic Faith. Imagine you ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Three, Pillars, Faith—In, Lived, Reality</media:keywords>
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<title>The Two Augustines: Two Saints, One Catholic Faith</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-two-augustines-two-saints-one-catholic-faith</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ There are two St. Augustines in the Catholic calendar, and both deserve to be much better known. And please, pronounce them correctly. (They aren’t the same!) The first is St. Augustine of Hippo, the great North African bishop, theologian, Doctor of the Church, and author of Confessions and The City of God. The second is ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Catholic Dating Cold War</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-catholic-dating-cold-war</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-catholic-dating-cold-war</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A Reflection on the Polarization of Catholic Dating and the Hesitancy to Date Catholic dating nowadays often looks less like adults discerning marriage and more like a middle school dance. The men are on one side of the parish hall. The women are on the other. It would be hilarious if it were not also ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, Catholic, Dating, Cold, War</media:keywords>
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<title>AI Chatbots Are Hell</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/ai-chatbots-are-hell</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/ai-chatbots-are-hell</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Describing hell is no fun task. Often, images of fire and pits, provided by Christ and portrayed in art throughout the Church’s history, come to mind. Yet, these images are allegories or metaphors (good ones of course!) which try to represent how terrible hell is. We know these images are metaphors because demons have no ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Chatbots, Are, Hell</media:keywords>
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<title>When Nothing Seems to Be Happening: Lessons from St. Monica on Patience and Perseverance</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/when-nothing-seems-to-be-happening-lessons-from-st-monica-on-patience-and-perseverance</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/when-nothing-seems-to-be-happening-lessons-from-st-monica-on-patience-and-perseverance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A worthy wife brings joy to her husband, peaceful and full is his life…Be he rich or poor, his heart is content, and a smile is ever on his face. (Sir. 26:2-4) St. Monica was a good and generous wife and mother, and we imagine there was a certain paradoxical peace and steadfast trust in her ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Child Is Never the Problem: IVF, Human Dignity, and the Pastoral Challenge Before Us</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-child-is-never-the-problem-ivf-human-dignity-and-the-pastoral-challenge-before-us</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-child-is-never-the-problem-ivf-human-dignity-and-the-pastoral-challenge-before-us</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A few years ago, while teaching a class on bioethics and Christian anthropology, I explained the Catholic Church’s teaching on In Vitro Fertilization, “IVF” (literally “Fertilization in glass”). I discussed the dignity of human procreation, the meaning of the marital act, and the moral concerns surrounding the creation of human embryos in the laboratory. As ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Overcoming Anger with the Virtue of Meekness</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/overcoming-anger-with-the-virtue-of-meekness</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ One of the most misunderstood virtues we are called to foster is meekness. In Matthew’s Gospel, the Lord invites us to a life of meekness when He teaches: “Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Right Tools Make All the Difference, Part 1</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-right-tools-make-all-the-difference-part-1</link>
<guid>https://catholics.news/the-right-tools-make-all-the-difference-part-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ I am consistently engaged in a never-ending series of home upkeep projects, because I want to be a good steward of the gifts God has granted to my family. Even though I have to turn immediately to the next item on the list, completed projects are always satisfying. Still, along the path toward satisfaction, I ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Beauty Will Save the World</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/beauty-will-save-the-world</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “Beauty will save the world,” Fyodor Dostoevsky maintained. His faithful disciple, Nikolai Berdyaev, echoed the sentiment. In his book, The Meaning of the Creative Act, Berdyaev discusses the special role of beauty that is associated with fine art. “Art,” he declares, “is always a victory over the heaviness of ‘the world’—never an adaptation to ‘the ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Overcome the Age of the Embarrassed Catholic</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/overcome-the-age-of-the-embarrassed-catholic</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A good number of modern Catholics often speak about their faith as if they were hostages reading from a prepared statement. Simply repeating Church teaching has never been enough of a witness to Christ to soften hearts or change the trajectories of lives. In fact, it can be argued that presenting a milquetoast version of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Rebuilding the First Society and the Necessity of the Feminine Genius</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/rebuilding-the-first-society-and-the-necessity-of-the-feminine-genius</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ [We must] rebuild the first society. The family is the first city; strong marriages and prayerful homes form tomorrow’s citizens before any vote is cast. – Dr. Scott Hahn The Napa Institute recently held its 16th Annual Summer Conference in California. Once again, it was an extraordinary gathering filled with exceptional speakers, thought-provoking panels, and ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Why Handwriting Matters in an AI World</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Last year, shortly after my father died, I opened up his copy of the autobiography of St. Teresa of Avila that he had given to me years ago. I chuckled as I looked at the blue pen underlining various passages in the text. Unlike my father, I dislike writing in books in pen or using ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Upon This Rock: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/upon-this-rock-21st-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a conversation with Peter and the apostles, Jesus declares His intention to build His Church on a human being.  Whatever was He thinking? Gospel (Read Mt. 16:13-20) This Sunday’s Gospel is so familiar to Catholics that the potential for missing the punch it packs is inordinately high.  If ever we are challenged on our belief in ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Run into the Arms of Mary, Our Queen Mother</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/run-into-the-arms-of-mary-our-queen-mother</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were. (Acts 2:2) After the ascension of Our Lord, the Eleven Apostles, along with some others, gather for ten days, cozied up in a room together “for fear of the Jews” (Jn. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>There Will Be Blood Sacrifice</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/there-will-be-blood-sacrifice</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ I wonder what a person who was completely ignorant of Christianity would make of Christian words and worship when first exposed to it. Let’s face it, although Christian language is increasingly warm and fuzzy, there remains some genuinely strange and quite frankly bizarre and disturbing elements to Christian language and imagery that all Christians take ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Christ Refuses a Divided Heart: The Prince of Peace and the Sword</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/christ-refuses-a-divided-heart-the-prince-of-peace-and-the-sword</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sacred Scripture sometimes confronts us with expressions that appear, at least initially, to stand in contradiction with one another. The Christian tradition has always known how to live with such apparent aporias, not because revelation is incoherent, but because divine truth frequently exceeds our first and most superficial reading. We encounter one passage that tells ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Silence at Knock: Practicing the Holy Art of Silence During Sabbath Month</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/silence-at-knock-practicing-the-holy-art-of-silence-during-sabbath-month</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ August can be viewed as the year’s sabbath rest. This month offers opportunities to realign our hearts and minds to God’s creation, His hopes and plans, His pace and rhythm. One simple way we can enter this time is through the practice of increased silence. In August we honor the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Let Us Find Satisfaction in Jesus Alone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For you have made us for yourself and our heart is restless until it rests in you. – St. Augustine These are the immortal words of St. Augustine, from the first chapter of his Confessions. These are the words of a man who futilely sought satisfaction in a life of sin, paganism, philosophy, and the arts of ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Let, Find, Satisfaction, Jesus, Alone</media:keywords>
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<title>Behold Your Mother: Fulton Sheen on Learning from Mary</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/behold-your-mother-fulton-sheen-on-learning-from-mary</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every journey to Christ eventually leads us to His Mother. Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and many of the saints often said that Mary is the quickest, surest, and most tender path to Christ. For Sheen, the Blessed Virgin Mary was not merely a devotional option, but the very path by which Christ enters the world, ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>3 Practical Ways to Start Your Day Right</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/3-practical-ways-to-start-your-day-right</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you’re reading this article, odds are you’re not totally new to the Faith. You’ve probably read other Catholic blogs, books from the saints, and watched a Fr. Mike Schmitz video or two. This won’t be the first time you’ve read about the importance of starting your day with mental prayer, but, if it’s something ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Practical, Ways, Start, Your, Day, Right</media:keywords>
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<title>Staring Down the Devil Every Day</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/staring-down-the-devil-every-day</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Q&amp;A WITH MYSTIC ALICJA LENCZEWSKA, PART 4 Following the summer break—at least in the Northern Hemisphere, where July and August naturally bring a pause—we return to Alicja Lenczewska. Since the previous installment in the series, A Visitor from Heaven, Apparitions in Northern Italy, was devoted to the work of the Devil, this month’s meditation, together ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Staring, Down, the, Devil, Every, Day</media:keywords>
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<title>Lessons from St. Teresa of Avila on Gossip</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/lessons-from-st-teresa-of-avila-on-gossip</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Gossip. It is everywhere in our culture. From 24/7 news to social media to our own conversations, we are inundated with temptations to gossip. It is in our fallen human nature, especially of women, to talk about other people. There are entire friend groups formed around gossip. We often engage in gossip because of perceived ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Lessons, from, St., Teresa, Avila, Gossip</media:keywords>
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<title>Jesus and the Canaanite Woman: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/jesus-and-the-canaanite-woman-20th-sunday-in-ordinary-time</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ This Sunday, as Jesus travels away from Jerusalem toward the region of the Gentiles, He meets a Canaanite woman who desperately needs His help.  Why did He give her the cold shoulder? Gospel (Read Mt. 15:21-28) To best understand this Gospel episode, we need to know that it follows a description of the great opposition Jesus ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Making Assumptions About the Assumption</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every year the Church obliges Catholics to attend Mass on August 15th, in the middle of summer, to honor the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The belief pertaining to Mary’s Assumption, while celebrated for centuries (many saints have homilies on the Assumption), was elevated to the status of dogma with the Apostolic Constitution Munificentissimus ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Emotional, Psychological, and Spiritual Dimensions of Christ’s Passion</title>
<link>https://catholics.news/the-emotional-psychological-and-spiritual-dimensions-of-christs-passion</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ When we look upon a crucifix, we see a sterilized version of Our Lord’s physical condition at the moment of His death. Generally, what is depicted are His five wounds and a crown of thorns. This depiction is devoid of His Precious Blood strewn over His Body, along with His torn and mutilated Flesh. St. ... Read more ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bro Jim C Salonoy - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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