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					<description><![CDATA[An EgyptAir 767 fell out of a clear sky off Nantucket in 1999, and two governments read the same black boxes and reached opposite verdicts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh four theories and one Arabic prayer. https://youtu.be/Z3w4DwoLFww Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World. Won&#8217;t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? &#8230; <a href="https://jimmyakin.com/2026/09/egyptair-990-the-crash-that-gave-bin-laden-the-idea-for-9-11-jimmy-akins-mysterious-world.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "EgyptAir 990: The Crash That Gave Bin Laden the Idea for 9/11 &#8211; Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World"</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>An EgyptAir 767 fell out of a clear sky off Nantucket in 1999, and two governments read the same black boxes and reached opposite verdicts. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli weigh four theories and one Arabic prayer.</p>
<p>https://youtu.be/Z3w4DwoLFww</p>
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<p><strong>Links for this episode:</strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAB0201.pdf">Aircraft Accident Brief, EgyptAir Flight 990 (NTSB/AAB-02/01)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://tailstrike.com/database/31-october-1999-egyptair-990/">EgyptAir Flight 990 cockpit voice recorder transcript and summary</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EgyptAir_Flight_990">EgyptAir Flight 990 (Wikipedia)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameel_Al-Batouti">Gameel Al-Batouti (Wikipedia)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/03/21/ntsb.egypt.air/">NTSB blames co-pilot for EgyptAir crash (CNN, March 21, 2002)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/downing-of-egyptair-990-inspired-9-11-plot-says-al-qaeda-newsletter">Downing of EgyptAir 990 inspired 9/11 plot, says Al Qaeda newsletter (Fox News)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=egyptair+990+flashback">EgyptAir Flight 990 clip source: Flashback archival news montage</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cnn+egyptair+990+october+31+1999">EgyptAir Flight 990 clip source: CNN live coverage, October 31, 1999</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ntsb+jim+hall+egyptair+990+press+conference">EgyptAir Flight 990 clip source: NTSB Chairman Jim Hall press conference</a></li>
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<p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>0:00:12 &#8211; Intro</li>
<li>0:00:42 &#8211; The Setup: A Clear Night Over the Atlantic</li>
<li>0:01:40 &#8211; Jimmy&#8217;s Connection to the Story</li>
<li>0:03:05 &#8211; The Airplane: A Boeing 767 Named Tutmose III</li>
<li>0:04:38 &#8211; EgyptAir&#8217;s Safety Record</li>
<li>0:05:12 &#8211; What the News Knew That First Day</li>
<li>0:07:04 &#8211; Vanished From the Radar</li>
<li>0:07:59 &#8211; Three Cities Waiting</li>
<li>0:09:57 &#8211; Where the Flight Came From</li>
<li>0:10:59 &#8211; The Weather That Night</li>
<li>0:11:11 &#8211; The Search and the Cold Water</li>
<li>0:13:09 &#8211; A Recovery, Not a Rescue</li>
<li>0:14:41 &#8211; The Black Boxes Come Up</li>
<li>0:15:05 &#8211; Who Was on Board</li>
<li>0:18:11 &#8211; Who Was Flying the Plane</li>
<li>0:18:56 &#8211; The Investigation and the Two Recorders</li>
<li>0:20:18 &#8211; Why the Translation Mattered</li>
<li>0:21:32 &#8211; The Investigation Takes a Turn</li>
<li>0:23:30 &#8211; Washington and Cairo Collide</li>
<li>0:25:54 &#8211; &quot;I Rely on God&quot;: The Phrase at the Center</li>
<li>0:27:51 &#8211; Thank you to Patrons</li>
<li>0:28:24 &#8211; Sponsor: The Grady Group</li>
<li>0:28:42 &#8211; Sponsor: In Time by Robert Young</li>
<li>0:29:37 &#8211; Sponsorship Opportunities</li>
<li>0:30:21 &#8211; Theories: Four Explanations</li>
<li>0:31:07 &#8211; Reason Perspective: What the Recorder Showed</li>
<li>0:34:26 &#8211; Theory 1: An Evasive Maneuver</li>
<li>0:35:25 &#8211; Theory 2: A Bomb</li>
<li>0:36:34 &#8211; Theory 3: Mechanical Failure</li>
<li>0:38:32 &#8211; Theory 4: A Deliberate Act, Egypt&#8217;s Case</li>
<li>0:40:21 &#8211; Cross-Examining the Deliberate-Act Theory</li>
<li>0:42:15 &#8211; Was This Terrorism?</li>
<li>0:42:53 &#8211; A Possible Motive</li>
<li>0:46:00 &#8211; How Certain Is the Theory?</li>
<li>0:47:12 &#8211; The Legacy of Flight 990</li>
<li>0:47:55 &#8211; The September 11th Connection</li>
<li>0:49:33 &#8211; Did Flight 990 Cause 9/11?</li>
<li>0:50:21 &#8211; Faith Perspective</li>
<li>0:50:55 &#8211; Bottom Line</li>
<li>0:51:51 &#8211; Further Resources</li>
<li>0:52:20 &#8211; Mysterious Feedback: #423 Mel&#8217;s Hole</li>
<li>0:59:37 &#8211; Your mysterious feedback</li>
<li>1:00:12 &#8211; Thank you to Oasis Studio 7</li>
<li>1:00:27 &#8211; Jimmy&#8217;s YouTube channel</li>
<li>1:01:00 &#8211; Next Time: Veridical Near-Death Experiences</li>
<li>1:01:19 &#8211; Get your Mysterious merch</li>
<li>1:01:34 &#8211; Show notes</li>
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<li>1:02:28 &#8211; Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary</li>
<li>1:02:52 &#8211; Outro</li>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 01:19:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 22 August 2026 to 9 September 2026. Angelus 6 September 2026 &#8211; Angelus General Audiences 9 September 2026 &#8211; General Audience &#8211; Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS 12–22) 2. Human dignity’ &#8230; <a href="https://jimmyakin.com/2026/09/the-weekly-leo-9-september-2026.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Weekly Leo &#8211; 9 September 2026"</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 22 August 2026 to 9 September 2026.</p>
<h1 id="angelus">Angelus</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/angelus/2026/documents/20260906-angelus.html">6 September 2026 &#8211; Angelus</a></li>
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<h1 id="generalaudiences">General Audiences</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/audiences/2026/documents/20260909-udienza-generale.html">9 September 2026 &#8211; General Audience &#8211; Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS 12–22) 2. Human dignity’ a gift and a responsibility</a></li>
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<h1 id="messages">Messages</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/pont-messages/2026/documents/20260908-videomessaggio-accra.html">8 September 2026 &#8211; Video message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 1st West African Youth Day [7–12 September 2026]</a></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="speeches">Speeches</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/august/documents/20260822-visita-repubblica-sanmarino.html">22 August 2026 &#8211; Pastoral Visit to the Republic of San Marino’ Address to the Authorities and Civil Society (Public Palace)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/august/documents/20260828-iisa.html">28 August 2026 &#8211; To the Members of the ‘Institut International des Sciences Administratives’</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/september/documents/20260903-seminaristi-molfetta-aversa.html">3 September 2026 &#8211; Seminarians from the Pontifical Regional Seminary of Puglia ‘Pius XI’ in Molfetta and the Diocesan Seminary of Aversa</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/september/documents/20260903-celra.html">3 September 2026 &#8211; Members of the Conference of Latin Bishops of the Arab Regions (CELRA)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/september/documents/20260904-oriel-college-oxford.html">4 September 2026 &#8211; Delegation from Oriel College, University of Oxford</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/september/documents/20260905-adoratrici-perpetue.html">5 September 2026 &#8211; Perpetual Adorers of the Blessed Sacrament – Federation of the Holy Spirit</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/september/documents/20260909-vescovi-amici-focolari.html">9 September 2026 &#8211; Bishops who are friends of the Focolare Movement</a></li>
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<h4 id="socialmedia">Social Media</h4>
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<li><a href="https://x.com/Pontifex">x/Pontifex</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/Pontifex/">instagram/Pontifex</a></li>
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		<title>Like Chronitons Through the Hourglass (SNW) &#8211; The Secrets of Star Trek</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 20:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trelane turns the Enterprise into a soap opera for a school project, and only Pike notices. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler ask whether *Strange New Worlds* S4E7 survives a five-minute bit stretched to an hour. https://youtu.be/zv5u2Ih4DSk Direct Link to the Episode. Subscribe on iTunes. &#124; Other Ways to Subscribe.]]></description>
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<p>Trelane turns the Enterprise into a soap opera for a school project, and only Pike notices. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler ask whether *Strange New Worlds* S4E7 survives a five-minute bit stretched to an hour.</p>
<p>https://youtu.be/zv5u2Ih4DSk</p>
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				<itunes:subtitle>Trelane turns the Enterprise into a soap opera for a school project, and only Pike notices. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler ask whether *Strange New Worlds* S4E7 survives a five-minute bit stretched to an hour. https://youtu.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Trelane turns the Enterprise into a soap opera for a school project, and only Pike notices. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler ask whether *Strange New Worlds* S4E7 survives a five-minute bit stretched to an hour. https://youtu.be/zv5u2Ih4DSk Direct Link to the Episode. Subscribe on iTunes. | Other Ways to Subscribe.</itunes:summary>
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		<title>Klingon or Time Lord Jesus? Mary Celeste? Salem Witch Trials? And More Patron Questions &#8211; Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Domenico Bettinelli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Could Jesus have incarnated on a Klingon world while he walked in Galilee? Jimmy Akin takes that question and eleven more from patrons — telekinesis, the Mary Celeste, Salem, ley lines — with Dom Bettinelli. https://youtu.be/dnh-KqOtk1k Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World. Won&#8217;t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for &#8230; <a href="https://jimmyakin.com/2026/09/klingon-or-time-lord-jesus-mary-celeste-salem-witch-trials-and-more-patron-questions-jimmy-akins-mysterious-world.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Klingon or Time Lord Jesus? Mary Celeste? Salem Witch Trials? And More Patron Questions &#8211; Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World"</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Could Jesus have incarnated on a Klingon world while he walked in Galilee? Jimmy Akin takes that question and eleven more from patrons — telekinesis, the Mary Celeste, Salem, ley lines — with Dom Bettinelli.</p>
<p>https://youtu.be/dnh-KqOtk1k</p>
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<p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p>
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<li>00:00:17 &#8211; Intro</li>
<li>00:00:32 &#8211; A bonus episode for our patrons</li>
<li>00:00:57 &#8211; Telekinesis: is it real, is it demonic?</li>
<li>00:06:40 &#8211; Does Skinwalker Ranch have skinwalkers?</li>
<li>00:07:51 &#8211; Codependency vs. Christian love</li>
<li>00:11:19 &#8211; The Kensington Runestone</li>
<li>00:13:33 &#8211; The Mary Celeste</li>
<li>00:17:19 &#8211; Living reliquaries: a saint&#8217;s donated organs</li>
<li>00:19:15 &#8211; Occam&#8217;s razor out the Overton window</li>
<li>00:21:14 &#8211; Do your belongings come with you?</li>
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<li>00:26:46 &#8211; Sponsor: Robert Young&#8217;s In Time</li>
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<li>00:28:27 &#8211; The Salem witch trials</li>
<li>00:31:46 &#8211; Melchizedek, king of Salem</li>
<li>00:38:59 &#8211; Semite or Hamite? How genealogies worked</li>
<li>00:42:34 &#8211; Klingon Jesus and Time Lord Jesus</li>
<li>00:47:32 &#8211; Would the incarnations know each other?</li>
<li>00:50:45 &#8211; Ley lines</li>
<li>00:54:00 &#8211; Apophenia: patterns in random data</li>
<li>00:54:32 &#8211; Is Satan the ruler of this world?</li>
<li>00:58:20 &#8211; Thank you to our patrons</li>
<li>00:58:37 &#8211; Show notes</li>
<li>00:59:02 &#8211; Mysterious Feedback: #422 The Ark of the Covenant</li>
<li>00:59:19 &#8211; Why weren&#8217;t the Babylonians struck down?</li>
<li>01:01:53 &#8211; The Jeremiah letter in 2 Maccabees</li>
<li>01:03:26 &#8211; The Hancock hypothesis</li>
<li>01:04:36 &#8211; The Lemba and the Ngoma Lungundu</li>
<li>01:06:55 &#8211; Coming up: the Holy Grail and Crystal Skulls</li>
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<li>01:08:24 &#8211; Your mysterious feedback</li>
<li>01:08:55 &#8211; Thank you to Oasis Studio 7</li>
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<li>01:09:45 &#8211; Outro</li>
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				<itunes:subtitle>Could Jesus have incarnated on a Klingon world while he walked in Galilee? Jimmy Akin takes that question and eleven more from patrons — telekinesis, the Mary Celeste, Salem, ley lines — with Dom Bettinelli. https://youtu.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>Could Jesus have incarnated on a Klingon world while he walked in Galilee? Jimmy Akin takes that question and eleven more from patrons — telekinesis, the Mary Celeste, Salem, ley lines — with Dom Bettinelli. https://youtu.be/dnh-KqOtk1k Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for … Continue reading &quot;Klingon or Time Lord Jesus? Mary Celeste? Salem Witch Trials? And More Patron Questions – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World&quot;</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The Weekly Leo &#8211; 2 September 2026</title>
		<link>https://jimmyakin.com/2026/09/the-weekly-leo-2-september-2026.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 23:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 27 August 2026 to 2 September 2026. Angelus 30 August 2026 &#8211; Angelus General Audiences 2 September 2026 &#8211; General Audience &#8211; Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS 1–10) 1. The Church’ &#8230; <a href="https://jimmyakin.com/2026/09/the-weekly-leo-2-september-2026.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Weekly Leo &#8211; 2 September 2026"</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 27 August 2026 to 2 September 2026.</p>
<h1 id="angelus">Angelus</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/angelus/2026/documents/20260830-angelus.html">30 August 2026 &#8211; Angelus</a></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="generalaudiences">General Audiences</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/audiences/2026/documents/20260902-udienza-generale.html">2 September 2026 &#8211; General Audience &#8211; Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. IV. Pastoral Constitution Gaudium et spes (GS 1–10) 1. The Church’ Listening to and Serving the World</a></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="homilies">Homilies</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/homilies/2026/documents/20260901-messa-custodia-creazione.html">1 September 2026 &#8211; Holy Mass for the Care of Creation (Pontifical Gardens of Castel Gandolfo, 1st September 2026)</a></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="prayers">Prayers</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/prayers/documents/20260901-popesprayer-settembre.html">1 September 2026 &#8211; Video Message ‘Pray with the Pope’ – September 2026’ For the care of water</a></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="speeches">Speeches</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/august/documents/20260827-incontro-cal.html">27 August 2026 &#8211; Address to the Participants in the Meeting promoted by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America on Addiction-Related Situations in Latin America</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/august/documents/20260828-svdpusa.html">28 August 2026 &#8211; To a Delegation of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul USA</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="socialmedia">Social Media</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://x.com/Pontifex">x/Pontifex</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/Pontifex/">instagram/Pontifex</a></li>
</ul>
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		<title>Off-Hour (SNW) &#8211; The Secrets of Star Trek</title>
		<link>https://jimmyakin.com/2026/08/off-hour-snw-the-secrets-of-star-trek.html</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Domenico Bettinelli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 20:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A table tears loose in sickbay and cuts Dr. M&#8217;Benga nearly in half — and Nurse Chapel refuses to let him go. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on *Strange New Worlds* S4E6, the real-time hour that finally feels like Trek. https://youtu.be/N_u8XxMjX4g Direct Link to the Episode. Subscribe on iTunes. &#124; Other Ways &#8230; <a href="https://jimmyakin.com/2026/08/off-hour-snw-the-secrets-of-star-trek.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Off-Hour (SNW) &#8211; The Secrets of Star Trek"</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>A table tears loose in sickbay and cuts Dr. M&#8217;Benga nearly in half — and Nurse Chapel refuses to let him go. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on *Strange New Worlds* S4E6, the real-time hour that finally feels like <em>Trek</em>.</p>
<p>https://youtu.be/N_u8XxMjX4g</p>
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				<itunes:subtitle>A table tears loose in sickbay and cuts Dr. M’Benga nearly in half — and Nurse Chapel refuses to let him go. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on *Strange New Worlds* S4E6, the real-time hour that finally feels like Trek.</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>A table tears loose in sickbay and cuts Dr. M’Benga nearly in half — and Nurse Chapel refuses to let him go. Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler take on *Strange New Worlds* S4E6, the real-time hour that finally feels like Trek. https://youtu.be/N_u8XxMjX4g Direct Link to the Episode. Subscribe on iTunes. | Other Ways … Continue reading &quot;Off-Hour (SNW) – The Secrets of Star Trek&quot;</itunes:summary>
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		<title>The 100-Foot Beast an Early Christian Saw in Visions (Shepherd of Hermas) &#8211; Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World</title>
		<link>https://jimmyakin.com/2026/08/the-100-foot-beast-an-early-christian-saw-in-visions-shepherd-of-hermas-jimmy-akins-mysterious-world.html</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Domenico Bettinelli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Early Christians read it in church beside the Gospels; a fourth-century Bible bound it in after Revelation. Then it vanished. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli open the Shepherd of Hermas — a tower, a beast, and a question about forgiveness. https://youtu.be/C90pi-6HuSU Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World. Won&#8217;t you make a pledge &#8230; <a href="https://jimmyakin.com/2026/08/the-100-foot-beast-an-early-christian-saw-in-visions-shepherd-of-hermas-jimmy-akins-mysterious-world.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The 100-Foot Beast an Early Christian Saw in Visions (Shepherd of Hermas) &#8211; Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World"</span></a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://jimmyakin.com/wp-content/uploads/MYS432-post.png"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" src="https://jimmyakin.com/wp-content/uploads/MYS432-post.png" alt="" width="770" height="433" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-27625" srcset="https://jimmyakin.com/wp-content/uploads/MYS432-post.png 770w, https://jimmyakin.com/wp-content/uploads/MYS432-post-300x169.png 300w, https://jimmyakin.com/wp-content/uploads/MYS432-post-150x84.png 150w, https://jimmyakin.com/wp-content/uploads/MYS432-post-768x432.png 768w, https://jimmyakin.com/wp-content/uploads/MYS432-post-640x360.png 640w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px" /></a></p>
<p>Early Christians read it in church beside the Gospels; a fourth-century Bible bound it in after Revelation. Then it vanished. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli open the Shepherd of Hermas — a tower, a beast, and a question about forgiveness.</p>
<p>https://youtu.be/C90pi-6HuSU</p>
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<p><strong>Links for this episode:</strong></p>
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<li><a href="https://amzn.to/4gTWODH">Michael W. Holmes, The Apostolic Fathers: Greek Texts and English Translations</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/4zUhu6e">Bart D. Ehrman, The Apostolic Fathers, Volume II (Loeb Classical Library)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/4zDZZa5">Carolyn Osiek, The Shepherd of Hermas: A Commentary (Hermeneia)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/shepherd.html">The Shepherd of Hermas (full text, Early Christian Writings)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ccel.org/ccel/irenaeus/against_heresies_iv/anf01.ix.vi.xxi.html">Irenaeus, Against Heresies 4.20 (calling the Shepherd Scripture)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.bible-researcher.com/muratorian.html">The Muratorian Canon (text and notes)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07276a.htm">Catholic Encyclopedia, &#8220;Hermas&#8221;</a></li>
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<p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>0:00:12 &#8211; Intro</li>
<li>0:01:44 &#8211; The Lost Scriptures series</li>
<li>0:02:52 &#8211; What kind of book is the Shepherd?</li>
<li>0:04:00 &#8211; Who was Hermas?</li>
<li>0:07:09 &#8211; When was the Shepherd written?</li>
<li>0:08:18 &#8211; Who called it Scripture?</li>
<li>0:11:14 &#8211; The Muratorian Fragment</li>
<li>0:13:25 &#8211; How long is the Shepherd?</li>
<li>0:14:11 &#8211; Vision 1: Rhoda and the elderly woman</li>
<li>0:22:33 &#8211; Vision 2: The little book</li>
<li>0:28:08 &#8211; Who is the elderly woman?</li>
<li>0:29:45 &#8211; The Sibyls and the Sibylline Books</li>
<li>0:33:29 &#8211; Clement, Grapte, and the dating clue</li>
<li>0:35:43 &#8211; Vision 3: The great tower</li>
<li>0:43:01 &#8211; Why the tower is built on water</li>
<li>0:45:03 &#8211; The stones and what they mean</li>
<li>0:54:58 &#8211; The seven women who hold up the tower</li>
<li>0:57:56 &#8211; A sermon aimed at the rich</li>
<li>1:00:25 &#8211; Why the woman grows younger</li>
<li>1:01:00 &#8211; Vision 4: The hundred-foot beast</li>
<li>1:08:15 &#8211; The four colors of the beast</li>
<li>1:09:24 &#8211; Vision 5: The Shepherd appears</li>
<li>1:13:30 &#8211; Thank you to Patrons</li>
<li>1:14:02 &#8211; Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary</li>
<li>1:14:45 &#8211; Sponsorship opportunities</li>
<li>1:15:29 &#8211; Reason Perspective: Dating the book early</li>
<li>1:17:08 &#8211; Why the Muratorian Fragment doesn&#8217;t fit</li>
<li>1:19:43 &#8211; Is Hermas greeted in Romans 16?</li>
<li>1:22:59 &#8211; The odds it&#8217;s the same Hermas</li>
<li>1:28:41 &#8211; Faith Perspective</li>
<li>1:29:22 &#8211; Forgiveness after baptism</li>
<li>1:37:42 &#8211; Is the Shepherd private revelation?</li>
<li>1:39:52 &#8211; Bottom Line</li>
<li>1:41:43 &#8211; Further Resources</li>
<li>1:42:25 &#8211; Mysterious Feedback: #421 What Mary Knew, God&#8217;s Choices, Autism, and Names in the Afterlife</li>
<li>1:42:45 &#8211; Feedback: Buzzards really do puke in flight</li>
<li>1:44:07 &#8211; Feedback: Did Jesus work a miracle before Cana?</li>
<li>1:45:18 &#8211; Feedback: The white stone and the new name</li>
<li>1:47:47 &#8211; Feedback: Climate science</li>
<li>1:50:32 &#8211; Your mysterious feedback</li>
<li>1:51:06 &#8211; Thank you to Oasis Studio 7</li>
<li>1:51:11 &#8211; Jimmy&#8217;s YouTube channel</li>
<li>1:52:09 &#8211; Next Time: Patron questions</li>
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<li>1:53:38 &#8211; Outro</li>
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		<title>The Weekly Leo &#8211; 26 August 2026</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 23:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 15 August 2026 to 26 August 2026. Angelus 23 August 2026 &#8211; Angelus General Audiences 26 August 2026 &#8211; General Audience &#8211; Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. III. Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium. 8. The motivations of the liturgical reform &#8230; <a href="https://jimmyakin.com/2026/08/the-weekly-leo-26-august-2026.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The Weekly Leo &#8211; 26 August 2026"</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>This version of The Weekly Leo covers material released in the last week, from 15 August 2026 to 26 August 2026.</p>
<h1 id="angelus">Angelus</h1>
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<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/angelus/2026/documents/20260823-angelus.html">23 August 2026 &#8211; Angelus</a></li>
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<h1 id="generalaudiences">General Audiences</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/audiences/2026/documents/20260826-udienza-generale.html">26 August 2026 &#8211; General Audience &#8211; Catechesis. The Documents of the Second Vatican Council. III. Constitution Sacrosanctum Concilium. 8. The motivations of the liturgical reform</a></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="messages">Messages</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/messages/creation/documents/20260815-messaggio-giornata-curacreato.html">15 August 2026 &#8211; Message of the Holy Father on the occasion of the 11th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation [1 September 2026]</a></li>
</ul>
<h1 id="speeches">Speeches</h1>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/august/documents/20260821-meeting-icln.html">21 August 2026 &#8211; To Participants in the Meeting of the International Catholic Legislators Network</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/august/documents/20260822-visita-meeting-rimini.html">22 August 2026 &#8211; Pastoral Visit to the Meeting for Friendship among Peoples and to the City of Rimini’ Meeting with Participants in the 47th Meeting for Friendship among Peoples</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/august/documents/20260824-fondazione-marsodeto.html">24 August 2026 &#8211; To Members of the ‘Federación Marsodeto’ (Toledo, Spain)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/august/documents/20260824-ordinariato-militare-portogallo.html">24 August 2026 &#8211; To a Delegation of the Military Ordinariate for Portugal</a></li>
<li><a href="http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/en/speeches/2026/august/documents/20260826-chiesa-luterana-norvegia.html">26 August 2026 &#8211; To the Bishops of the Church of Norway</a></li>
</ul>
<h4 id="socialmedia">Social Media</h4>
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<li><a href="https://x.com/Pontifex">x/Pontifex</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/Pontifex/">instagram/Pontifex</a></li>
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		<title>Level-Five Transporter Accident (SNW) &#8211; The Secrets of Star Trek</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Domenico Bettinelli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Is Star Trek&#8217;s puppet episode genius or a cop-out? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler split over whether Strange New Worlds S4E5&#8217;s dream-ending twist earns its plot holes, plus a hidden Lucille Ball reference few will catch. https://youtu.be/GG9OMnMKTB4 Direct Link to the Episode. Subscribe on iTunes. &#124; Other Ways to Subscribe.]]></description>
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<p>Is Star Trek&#8217;s puppet episode genius or a cop-out? Dom Bettinelli, Jimmy Akin, and Fr. Jason Tyler split over whether Strange New Worlds S4E5&#8217;s dream-ending twist earns its plot holes, plus a hidden Lucille Ball reference few will catch.</p>
<p>https://youtu.be/GG9OMnMKTB4</p>
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		<title>Are Auras Real? Aura Colors, Cameras, and the Tests &#8211; Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Domenico Bettinelli]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Colored light around every living thing, readable by anyone with the right training — or by a camera at the mall. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli follow the aura from Mesmer to the selfie app, and weigh what happened under controlled testing. https://youtu.be/UMsuQFcv_b8 Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World. Won&#8217;t you make &#8230; <a href="https://jimmyakin.com/2026/08/are-auras-real-aura-colors-cameras-and-the-tests-jimmy-akins-mysterious-world.html" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Are Auras Real? Aura Colors, Cameras, and the Tests &#8211; Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World"</span></a>]]></description>
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<p>Colored light around every living thing, readable by anyone with the right training — or by a camera at the mall. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli follow the aura from Mesmer to the selfie app, and weigh what happened under controlled testing.</p>
<p>https://youtu.be/UMsuQFcv_b8</p>
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<p><strong>Links for this episode:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/4x9lE8r">Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater, Thought-Forms (Amazon)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://amzn.to/4wygYYv">Sheila Ostrander and Lynn Schroeder, Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain (Amazon)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://archive.org/details/humanatmosphereo00kiln">Walter J. Kilner, The Human Atmosphere (Internet Archive)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://etheronics.org/Reichenbach/OdicForce/index.php?ch=-1">Karl von Reichenbach, Letters on Od and Magnetism (Etheronics)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.daysyn.com/Milanetal2012.pdf">Milán et al., &#8220;Auras in mysticism and synaesthesia: A comparison,&#8221; Consciousness and Cognition (2012)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rajc20/37/2">Zingrone, Alvarado, and Agee, &#8220;Psychological Correlates of Aura Vision,&#8221; Australian Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis (2009)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.968480">Pehek, Kyler, and Faust, &#8220;Image Modulation in Corona Discharge Photography,&#8221; Science (1976)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://skepticalinquirer.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2019/03/Issue-04-11.pdf">Robert W. Loftin, &#8220;Auras: Searching for the Light,&#8221; Skeptical Inquirer (1990)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1950-00057-001">Bertram R. Forer, &#8220;The Fallacy of Personal Validation,&#8221; Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology (1949)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/aura">&#8220;Aura&#8221; (Psi-Encyclopedia, Society for Psychical Research)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/kirlian-photography">&#8220;Kirlian Photography&#8221; (Psi-Encyclopedia, Society for Psychical Research)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOQc6P3nkmc">Mysteries from Beyond the Earth (1975 documentary)</a></li>
<li><a href="https://christianorthodox.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/conversation-of-st-seraphim-with-n-a-motovilov-the-aim-of-our-christian-life/">The Conversation of Saint Seraphim of Sarov with Nicholas Motovilov</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.spr.ac.uk/">Society for Psychical Research</a></li>
<li><a href="https://jimmyakin.com/2023/12/the-mystery-of-synesthesia.html">Jimmy Akin&#8217;s Mysterious World, Episode 288: The Mystery of Synesthesia</a></li>
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<p><strong>Chapters:</strong></p>
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<li>0:00:12 &#8211; Intro</li>
<li>0:00:43 &#8211; Cold open: an aura reading at the shop</li>
<li>0:01:40 &#8211; What an aura is supposed to be</li>
<li>0:02:36 &#8211; Layers, chakras, and prana</li>
<li>0:04:16 &#8211; What the colors are said to mean</li>
<li>0:05:21 &#8211; Rare gift or learned skill?</li>
<li>0:05:57 &#8211; Color and emotion across cultures</li>
<li>0:07:14 &#8211; Light around holy figures in scripture</li>
<li>0:09:31 &#8211; Halos, the nimbus, and the mandorla</li>
<li>0:11:06 &#8211; Franz Anton Mesmer and animal magnetism</li>
<li>0:12:41 &#8211; Mesmerism in Paris</li>
<li>0:13:49 &#8211; The Franklin Commission of 1784</li>
<li>0:17:18 &#8211; Karl von Reichenbach and the odic force</li>
<li>0:19:50 &#8211; The Society for Psychical Research</li>
<li>0:20:56 &#8211; Theosophy and Madame Blavatsky</li>
<li>0:23:21 &#8211; Besant, Leadbeater, and the color code</li>
<li>0:25:50 &#8211; Dr. Walter Kilner and the dicyanin screens</li>
<li>0:29:09 &#8211; Wilhelm Reich and orgone</li>
<li>0:30:39 &#8211; The FDA, the book burnings, and Reich&#8217;s death</li>
<li>0:31:56 &#8211; Kirlian photography</li>
<li>0:33:26 &#8211; Clip: Mysteries from Beyond Earth (Thelma Moss)</li>
<li>0:39:39 &#8211; The modern aura camera</li>
<li>0:40:30 &#8211; How aura cameras actually work</li>
<li>0:41:56 &#8211; Auras today: apps and selfies</li>
<li>0:42:42 &#8211; Thank you to Patrons</li>
<li>0:43:13 &#8211; Sponsor: Rosary Army and School of Mary</li>
<li>0:43:35 &#8211; Sponsorship opportunities</li>
<li>0:44:40 &#8211; Reason Perspective: the seven theories</li>
<li>0:46:14 &#8211; Theory 1: Do aura cameras photograph a real field?</li>
<li>0:47:48 &#8211; Theory 2: Do the colors carry universal meanings?</li>
<li>0:50:54 &#8211; Theory 3: A literal electromagnetic field?</li>
<li>0:52:52 &#8211; What Kirlian photography actually captures</li>
<li>0:54:21 &#8211; Theory 4: An undiscovered subtle energy</li>
<li>0:56:51 &#8211; The screen tests</li>
<li>0:59:21 &#8211; Why negative results from parapsychologists matter</li>
<li>1:00:11 &#8211; Theory 5: Biophotons</li>
<li>1:02:55 &#8211; Theory 6: Synesthesia</li>
<li>1:06:57 &#8211; Theory 7: Ordinary perception and suggestion</li>
<li>1:11:06 &#8211; Faith Perspective</li>
<li>1:13:47 &#8211; Halos as symbol, not photograph</li>
<li>1:14:38 &#8211; Bottom Line</li>
<li>1:15:39 &#8211; Further Resources</li>
<li>1:16:21 &#8211; Mysterious Feedback: #420 Pre-Sputnik Transients</li>
<li>1:22:06 &#8211; Your mysterious feedback</li>
<li>1:22:46 &#8211; Thank you to Oasis Studio 7</li>
<li>1:22:51 &#8211; Jimmy&#8217;s YouTube channel</li>
<li>1:23:52 &#8211; Next Time: The Shepherd of Hermas</li>
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<li>1:24:45 &#8211; Show notes</li>
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<li>1:25:04 &#8211; Sponsor: The Grady Group</li>
<li>1:25:20 &#8211; Outro</li>
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