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		<title>MA Enacts Law Allowing Abortion at any Stage of Pregnancy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hilarion to his sister Alis, heartiest greetings… I beg and beseech you to take care of the little child, and as soon as we receive wages I will send them to you. If—good luck to you!—you give birth, if it is a boy, let it live; if it is a girl, throw it out. xyrhynchus [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pope Leo&#8217;s Prayer Intention for Sept: For the Care of Water</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 17:16:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pope Leo’s September prayer intention could not be more pertinent to Americans. The Holy Father asks us to pray for the care of water. Plain, simple, water, without which we cannot survive for more than a day or so. Water, that we crave after a few hours. Water that is literally the liquid in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pope&#8217;s August Prayer Intention: Evangelization in the City</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/publiccatholic/2026/08/popes-aug-prayer-intention-evangelization-in-the-city/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pope Leo’s prayer intention for August is a call for us to pray for evangelization in our cities. Cities offer a lot of good things — easy access to health care, cultural and educational opportunities and career options. But cities also separate us from the natural world and from one another. Instead of creating community, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>There is a Difference Between Damnation and Salvation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a difference between doing an immoral thing and not having any morals at all.  There is a difference between witnessing to your faith and faking faith to gain power.  There is a difference between telling a lie and lying about everything, all the time.  There is a difference between telling a lie to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pope Leo Addressed America on July 4. Watch his Speech Here.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pope Leo was awarded the Liberty Medal on July 4. He gave a wonderful address when he accepted it. He spoke as an American, to Americans. He also spoke as our shepherd. I believe that the Holy Spirit guided the choice of this good man as our papa in this fraught time. Here’s his address. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Our National Embarrassment: Meloni &#038; Reflecting Pool Edition</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Flood the zone with s—. This is not about persuasion: This is about disorientation.  Steve Bannon So, how did Trump Flood the Zone last week?  A lot of people think that the reason Trump started — and then proceeded to lose — his Iran war was to Flood the Zone so that We the People [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Where I&#8217;m From, We Call Our Fathers Daddy.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 18:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Where I’m from, we call our fathers “Daddy.” It’s not unusual to see 60-year-old cowboys, complete with the hat, the cattle and the big belt buckle, addressing their 80-year-old fathers as “Daddy.” It’s just the way we talk. My Daddy was what pundits condescendingly refer to as “blue collar” or “working class.” What that means is [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Nolite te bastardes carborundorum. Don&#8217;t Let Evil Win.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. Jesus Christ Margaret Atwood has said that she didn’t know she was writing prophecy when she penned The Handmaid’s Tale. In fact, she thought the premise of the book — that a religious nationalist dictatorship would take over the United [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>On Eagle&#8217;s Wings Is 50. The Story Behind the Hymn.</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/publiccatholic/2026/06/on-eagles-wings-is-50-the-story-behind-the-hymn/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2026 17:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Faith]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[And He will raise you up on eagle’s wings, Bear you on the breath of dawn, Make you to shine like the sun, And hold you in the palm of His hand.  On Eagles’ Wings by Fr Michael Joncas “On Eagle’s Wings,” the beautiful hymn that reminds us of God’s consolation in troubled times, turns [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Did You Like Trump&#8217;s Birthday Party? You Paid for It.</title>
		<link>https://www.patheos.com/blogs/publiccatholic/2026/06/did-you-like-trumps-birthday-party-you-paid-for-it/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Hamilton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 17:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Elderly]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die.  Alfred Lord Tennyson Yesterday, America’s Mad King and his pals used the lawn of what’s left of our White House to throw the Mad King one of the trashiest birthday parties anybody ever put together.  They spent $60 million [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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