<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The American Catholic</title>
	<atom:link href="https://the-american-catholic.com/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://the-american-catholic.com</link>
	<description>Politics &#38; Culture from a Catholic Perspective</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:48:30 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0</generator>

<image>
	<url>https://the-american-catholic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/TAC-Eagle-with-Red-Cross-and-Golden-Rays-Wide-Transparent-Background-Pic-v-06-1-50x50.png</url>
	<title>The American Catholic</title>
	<link>https://the-american-catholic.com</link>
	<width>32</width>
	<height>32</height>
</image> 
	<item>
		<title>Saint of the Day Quote:  Saint William of Vercelli</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/saint-of-the-day-quote-2350/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/saint-of-the-day-quote-2350/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 08:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint of the Day Quote]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint William of Vercelli]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160274</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Where noise ends, God begins to speak. Saint William of Vercelli]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/saint-of-the-day-quote-2350/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>I Am Shocked!  Shocked!</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/i-am-shocked-shocked-11/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/i-am-shocked-shocked-11/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prayer to Saint Michael the Archangel]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160397</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Zac Davis is an associate editor at the Jesuit rag America. &#160; All together now: &#160;]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/i-am-shocked-shocked-11/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Alternate Futures</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/alternate-futures/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/alternate-futures/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:25:04 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alternate Futures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Babylon Bee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geek Post]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geekier than thou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek Bearded Spock Universe]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160394</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160;]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/alternate-futures/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Burn of the Day</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/burn-of-the-day-650/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/burn-of-the-day-650/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burn of the Day]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160391</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/burn-of-the-day-650/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Investment Advice From Don</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/investment-advice-from-don/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/investment-advice-from-don/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 06:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Security]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160388</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Under Bush the younger there was a proposal  to allow a portion of social security taxes to be invested in the stock market.  The Democrats do what they always do when reform of social security is raised:  they demagogued it to death, running adds showing ruthless politicians tossing grandmas in wheelchairs over the cliff.  Thus [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/25/investment-advice-from-don/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>I Endorse Him</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/i-endorse-him/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/i-endorse-him/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 11:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Larry the Cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United Kingdom]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160383</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Certainly a better Prime Minister than the Royal Theme Park has had since Maggie Thatcher.]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/i-endorse-him/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Saint of the Day Quote:  Saint John the Baptist</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/saint-of-the-day-quote-2348/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/saint-of-the-day-quote-2348/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint John the Baptist]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint of the Day Quote]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160270</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[ 1 And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert of Judea.  2 And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.  3 For this is he that was spoken of by Isaias the prophet, saying: A voice of one crying in the desert, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/saint-of-the-day-quote-2348/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>City of God</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/city-of-god/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/city-of-god/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of God]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Augustine]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160379</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[One of the hardest books I have ever read, and also one of the most meaningful, the unabridged City of God is Saint Augustine&#8217;s answer to the charge that Christianity was leading to the Fall of the Empire.  (Gibbon&#8217;s libel against Christianity was very much in the mouths of the pagans of Saint Augustine&#8217;s time.)  [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/city-of-god/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Cosplaying Revolutionaries Get Real Sentences</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/cosplaying-revolutionaries-get-real-sentences/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/cosplaying-revolutionaries-get-real-sentences/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160373</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Pardoning these terrorists will become a major issue in the Democrat presidential primaries in 2028. &#160;]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/cosplaying-revolutionaries-get-real-sentences/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Burn of the Day</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/burn-of-the-day-649/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/burn-of-the-day-649/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Burn of the Day]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160370</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This law was made by Utopus, not only for preserving the public peace, which he saw suffered much by daily contentions and irreconcilable heats, but because he thought the interest of religion itself required it. He judged it not fit to determine anything rashly; and seemed to doubt whether those different forms of religion might [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/24/burn-of-the-day-649/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>Saint of the Day Quote:  Saint Ethelreda</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/23/saint-of-the-day-quote-2347/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/23/saint-of-the-day-quote-2347/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint Ethelreda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saint of the Day Quote]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160268</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I know I deserved to bear the weight of my pain on my neck, for I remember when I was very young I used to carry there the needless weight of jewels and necklaces. Saint Ethelreda]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/23/saint-of-the-day-quote-2347/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>LeoWatch:  Let Caesar Do It Fundamentalism</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/23/leowatch-let-caesar-do-it-fundamentalism/</link>
					<comments>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/23/leowatch-let-caesar-do-it-fundamentalism/#comments</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:30:40 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fundamental Human Rights]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LeoWatch]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://the-american-catholic.com/?p=160362</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[If Caesar has to pay for it, it is not a fundamental human right.  The Church throughout her history has been a beacon of charity to the poor.   That is her function and not attempting to enlist Caesar by designating a wish list &#8220;fundamental human rights&#8221;.  The men running the Church have lazily become addicted [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
					<wfw:commentRss>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/06/23/leowatch-let-caesar-do-it-fundamentalism/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
			<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
