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		<title>What Is True Catholic Faith?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Droel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catholics are schooled in the faith by memorizing dogmatic points and lots of Catholic trivia. What are the colors for various liturgical seasons and special feast days? What are the three possible destinations upon one’s death? Name the seven sacraments. Name the glorious mysteries of the rosary. Name the four gospels. This quiz show format [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>More Than a Paycheck: The Catholic Meaning of Work</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Droel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A Catholic Take on AI With hammer in hand, Martin Luther (1483-1546) struck a significant blow against clericalism and for the laity in the world by insisting on the universal call to holiness. A cobbler’s work is as valuable to God as is a priest’s, he explained. The vocation of a homemaker is no further [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Church and the Political Machine</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Droel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 17:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[  The Catholic church and the political machine had a symbiotic relationship in Chicago and elsewhere for many years. So argues Dominic Pacyga in his latest book: Clout City (University of Chicago Press, 2025). Chicago politics was “a mixture of the sacred and the profane, a combination of cultural and religious roots and more worldly [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mary and Christmas</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Droel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 14:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Mary Christmas by Bill Droel Who invented Christmas? Over the years several people have contributed their variations to the Christmas season—St. Nicholas, St. Francis of Assisi, Charles Dickens and others. However from the Bethlehem stable to today’s observance, Our Blessed Lady is the best answer to the question. The gospel writers leave us with scant [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Thanks for Immigrants</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Droel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2025 16:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[GIVE THANKS FOR IMMIGRANTS by Bill Droel Our flag is the number one symbol of our country. Its design of 13 stripes and 50 stars means unity through pluralism. It represents our belief in a layered government with authority given by citizenry. The flag stands for all the positive values of our experiment in democracy. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Poverty Is Not Lack of Money</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Droel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 14:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Poverty Is More Than Lack of Money by Bill Droel Unconditional cash assistance to the poor may not do any good. That is a conclusion from a rigorous study, Baby’s First Years (www.babysfirstyears.com). An experiment, supervised by eight researchers, gave $333 per month for 48 months to 1,000 needy families from the Twin Cities, Omaha, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Churches and Candidates Don&#8217;t Mix</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Droel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 17:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catholic churches will not take advantage of a new provision in the U.S. tax code. Since 1894 all charitable groups that obtained a 501 (c) 3 tax letter have been excused from paying federal taxes, and usually local taxes. In 1954 there was an addition to that IRS policy. Named the Johnson Amendment after its [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Papal Controversy in the United States</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Droel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2025 12:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was called Americanism. Pope Leo XIII (1810-1903) condemned it. In 1899 Leo XIII sent a three-page letter to the U.S. bishops in care of Cardinal James Gibbons (1834-1921) of Baltimore. It is titled Witness to Our Good or sometimes On New Opinions of Virtue, Nature and Grace. Leo XIII’s admonishment was aimed at progressive [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Leo XIII Blesses Labor Unions</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Droel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2025 21:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIII and Controversy in the United States  by Bill Droel Our new Pope Leo XIV chose his papal name to pair his interest in our high-tech economy with Pope Leo XIII’s (1810-1903) interest in the industrial revolution. Today’s social questions, particularly “developments in the field of artificial intelligence pose new challenges for the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Catholicism, Islam and Mary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William Droel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2025 22:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catholics, Muslims and Our Blessed Lady by Bill Droel A Catholic-Muslim dialogue progresses in fits and starts. Small or large, simple or profound, any respectful exchange between Catholics (or other Christians) and Muslims is urgently needed in our world of stereotypes and recriminations. Our Blessed Lady, to the surprise of some, provides an opening for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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