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		<title>Saint of the Day Quote:  Saint Alphonsus Marie Liguori</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/08/01/saint-of-the-day-quote-2385/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Bear well in mind that you have neither friend, nor brother, nor father, nor mother, nor spouse, nor lover, who loves you more than God. &#160; Saint Alphonsus Marie Liguori]]></description>
		
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		<title>Glorias</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 08:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Something for the weekend.  Antonio Vivaldi&#8217;s Gloria (1715). &#160; Bonus: &#160; Another Gloria (1982).]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kissin&#8217; Cousins</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[News that I missed, courtesy of The Babylon Bee: ALLAGASH, ME — Maine Senate candidate Troy Jackson reportedly converted to Islam as a way to evade criticism for hooking up with his cousin. Jackson said Islam is &#8220;totally what he believes in&#8221; after learning it&#8217;s normal for them to marry their cousins. &#8220;Heck, we&#8217;re not [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Prayerful Posse</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/08/01/prayerful-posse-6/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Thought for the Day</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/08/01/thought-for-the-day-1467/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; Go here to read the article.  Rex Mottram Catholicism: “Yesterday I asked him whether Our Lord had more than one nature. He said: ‘Just as many as you say, Father.’ Then again I asked him: ‘Supposing the Pope looked up and saw a cloud and said ‘It’s going to rain’, would that be bound [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Saint of the Day Quote:  Saint Ignatius Loyola</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If God causes you to suffer much, it is a sign that He has great designs for you, and that He certainly intends to make you a saint. And if you wish to become a great saint, entreat Him yourself to give you much opportunity for suffering; for there is no wood better to kindle [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>LeoWatch:  The Fix is In</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:30:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Instead of the Vicar of Christ, Pope Bob seems to be acting as the Vicar of Francis.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Poland, the Knight of Nations</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160;]]></description>
		
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		<title>Canaries in the Mine</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/07/31/canaries-in-the-mine/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Open Thread</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/07/31/open-thread-54/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; The usual Open Thread rules apply:  be concise, be charitable and, above all, be amusing!]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Catholic Left in a Nutshell</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/07/30/the-catholic-left-in-a-nutshell/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:12:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Christ called each of us to help the poor.  It is not a duty of love that we can assign to Caesar or to others.    I recall a medieval legend that Judas got to spend one day of each year off from Hell on an iceberg in the Atlantic because one day in Jerusalem [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Saint of the Day Quote:  Saint Peter Chrysologus</title>
		<link>https://the-american-catholic.com/2026/07/30/saint-of-the-day-quote-2386/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Donald R. McClarey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#160; O man, why do you think so little of yourself when God thinks so highly of you? Why dishonor yourself when God so honors you? Why be so concerned with the stuff from which you are made and so little with the purpose for which you are made? All visible creation is your home. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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