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		<title>Tragic Worship</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 12:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carl R. Trueman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The problem with much Christian worship in the contemporary world, Catholic and Protestant alike, is not that it is too entertaining but that it is not entertaining enough. Worship characterized by upbeat rock music, stand-up comedy, beautiful people taking center&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>The Bishop of Rome as Christian Radical</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 05:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Weigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a brief greeting to former colleagues. But if you read Pope Francis’ April 18 letter to the Argentine bishops’ conference closely, you get a glimpse of the man, his convictions and his vision.
First, the man: Jorge Mario&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Is Veneration of Angels Forbidden?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 05:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Beale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Book of Revelation, two encounters between an angel and the Apostle John end in what Protestant reformers claim is an admonition against the veneration of angels—something the Church certainly still teaches and practices to this day.
Here is&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Tips For a Better College of Cardinals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Weigel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent papal interregnum and conclave underscored the importance of re-forming, and reforming, the College of Cardinals.
As configured on Feb. 28, 2013 (when Benedict XVI’s abdication took effect), the college was a somewhat strange electorate, albeit one that produced&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Where Has the Catholic Funeral Mass Gone?</title>
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		<comments>http://catholicexchange.com/where-has-the-catholic-funeral-mass-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louie Verrecchio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make no mistake about it: The Church in our day is in the midst of a terrible, and in many ways unprecedented, crisis of faith. This objective reality, however, is largely lost on the overwhelming majority of Catholics, both clerical&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Did the Brothers Tsarnaev Fail?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pat Buchanan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Whatever they thought they could ultimately achieve, they&#8217;ve already failed,&#8221; says President Obama of the Boston Marathon bombers. &#8221;They failed because the people of Boston refused to be intimidated. They failed because as Americans we refuse to be terrorized.&#8221;
Bostonians&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Reading the Tea Leaves: Will Pope Francis End Priestly Celibacy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fr. Michael P. Orsi</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pope Francis’ preferred title “Bishop of Rome” indicates a theological understanding of his Office that is fraught with practical implications.
This essay will attempt to read the tea leaves for the ministry of Francis, Bishop of Rome, by pointing out&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>What About Holding People Responsible?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Keith Koffler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You could be excused for being a terrorist mastermind in Grozny – the capital of Chechnya – and sleeping rather soundly tonight.
Glaringly omitted from President Obama’s remarks Friday evening after the capture of the second terrorist was any mention&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Bogus Equality</title>
		<link>http://catholicexchange.com/168515/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russell Shaw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As all the world surely knows by now, &#8220;equality&#8221; is the ideological key to President Obama&#8217;s domestic policies. That all people are created equal, the president says, is the &#8220;most evident of truths.&#8221; Whether that&#8217;s so or not, it is&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Well Done, Lady Thatcher: The Passing of the Iron Lady</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 05:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr. Paul Kengor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Margaret Thatcher, one of the greatest leaders of the Cold War, of the 20th century, and of British history, has died at the age of 87.
 
I’ve referred to her as one of my Cold War seven: Ronald Reagan, John&#8230;]]></description>
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