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				<title>Catholicism 101: The Solemnity of Christ the King</title>				
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	This weekend, the Roman Catholic Church celebrates the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King. We have arrived at the end of the liturgical year, making it fitting that the last celebration is celebrating the Kingship of Our Lord. Next wee...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:42:03 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Pope Benedict: Human life is a sacred gift, not a &quot;product&quot;</title>				
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	On Saturday, Pope Benedict XVI urged a group of Brazilian bishops to continue to develop the Christian conscience regarding the sanctity of life. He pointed out that the secular world view is beginning to perceive&amp;nbsp; human life as a commodity r...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:32:56 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Would Obama bow to Jesus as he did to Japan&apos;s emperor?</title>				
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&amp;nbsp; Obama bows to emperor of Japan&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; AP Photo
He did it again. First of all, President Obama bowed to the Saudi King when Obama went to visit. Speculation was that it could possibly not be a bow and...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:51:18 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Friday the 13th-- are you superstitious?</title>				
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	If you are one who dreads Friday the 13th, you may not like my graphic. This unusual elevator indicates there are 13 floors in this building!. Yikes!
	
	For years, most high rise hotels and buildings usually do not have 13th floors. Few gate 13s...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:02:02 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Nick Vivicic: a man with no legs and arms--and he&apos;s happy?</title>				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 22:21:42 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Catholicism 101: What is the Magisterium?</title>				
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				 &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Pope Benedict XVI &amp;nbsp;  AP Photo:| PierPaoto Cito Related Articles   For this we stand- core Catholic beliefs The Bible: 73 or 66 books? The linked headline goes here The Trinity: a family of love       				Often Roma...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:23:43 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Planned Parenthood leader views abortion on ultrasound -- calls it quits</title>				
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	Today, November 2, 2009, news broke that a former Planned Parenthood director has quit her position and has now gone to the pro-life side because of a remarkable conversion experience.

	The day that changed Abby Johnson&amp;#39;s life probably was ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:48:28 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Which is it -- Halloween ghosts, The Holy Ghost, or the Holy Spirit?</title>				
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	With Halloween quickly approaching, we are reaching the culmination of holiday marketing of an abundance yard decorations and home accessory items that have been staring at us since August. Statistics report that Halloween is rivaling Christmas as...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:25:04 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Parents are their children&apos;s best models of faith</title>				
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	When Catholics baptize their children, they vow before God and their parish to raise their child (children) to know God, serve Him and love Him. Parents are their children&amp;rsquo;s main catechist throughout their youth. This position even transcend...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:47:21 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Adult stem cells proving to be the most effective</title>				
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	Adult stem cell research continues to show promise that is researched based and successful. What&amp;rsquo;s even more crucial, the usage of adult stem cells negate the argument that aborting a pre-born child for his or her stem cells is the only o...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:05:31 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>H1N1:Church and the flu-- what do you do?</title>				
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	Today the President declared the H1N1 virus,also called the Swine Flu, to be a national emergency,which in so doing is supposed to enable hospitals and doctors to better care for the expected surge of new patients. As cases of flu grow, what is th...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:12:44 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>God, Rubik&apos;s Cube and the sign of the cross on our lives</title>				
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	When Rubik&amp;rsquo;s Cube came out in the late 70s, the fascinating puzzle became a quick fad that millions of people latched upon. Personally for me, it was a very quick fad, because I never mastered even getting one side to be all the same color....
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:45:22 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Vatican believes Obama&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize &quot;premature&quot;</title>				
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				&amp;nbsp;L&amp;rsquo;Osservatore Romano which is the paper that is the semi-official paper from the Vatican has stated that awarding President Obama with the Nobel Peace Prize is premature.The nominations were closed 11 days after he became President.In ord...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:36:47 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Vatican newspaper believes Obama&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize &quot;premature&quot;</title>				
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				L&amp;rsquo;Osservatore Romano,which is a paper that is a semi-official paper from the Vatican has stated that awarding President Obama with the Nobel Peace Prize is premature.The nominations were closed 11 days after he became President.No sitting U.S. ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:32:08 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Pope Benedict canonizes five saints</title>				
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				  Pilgrims from Hawaii line up to enter for canonization ceremony in St. Peter&apos;s Square at the Vatican Sunday, Oct. 11, 2009. Pope Benedict XVI gave the Roman Catholic church five new saints, including Father Damien, born as Jozef De Veuster in 1840,...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:55:38 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Marge, tell me it ain&apos;t so--what about your kids?</title>				
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				 Marge--what about your kids? &amp;nbsp;It was quite a shock to discover that the November Playboy issue which will be on newsstands October 16,  is featuring Marge Simpson on its cover. Although generally readers may think this is a great gag, the quest...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:03:12 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>St. Francis of Assisi and his legacy  Part 2</title>				
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				 &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Painting of St. Francis of Assisi by Francisco de Zurbar&amp;aacute;n &amp;nbsp; The feast of St. Francis was yesterday when this column briefly examined his life and spirituality. He was deeply in love with Our Lord and had a lot to say about ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:42:16 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Feast day of St. Francis: &quot;Build My Church&quot;  part 1</title>				
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				 &amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; @Pamela Luther 2009 &amp;nbsp; Today is the feast day of St. Francis, probably one of the best known and most loved saints. Many gardens (including mine) have his statue in them, usually with him holding a vessel for water or se...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:30:00 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>The Red Mass to be celebrated this weekend</title>				
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				<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:29:34 -0700</pubDate>
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				<title>Is the Catholic Church part of the &quot;vast right-wing  conspiracy&quot;?</title>				
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				Bill Clinton was on Meet the Press&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; today, September 27th. In a sense, it was a d&amp;eacute;j&amp;agrave; vu experience. According to the AP reports on the interview, the former president stated that the &amp;ldquo;vast right-wing conspiracy&amp;rdquo;, ...
				
				
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				<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:52:33 -0700</pubDate>
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