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      <title><![CDATA[Why Praying for Congo's Ebola Victims Isn't a Small Thing]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[When a crisis is far from us, it's easy to scroll past it. I don't think Catholics can afford that kind of distance, not with Congo suffering again.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:55:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Father Lucas</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Leo's West Bank Appeal Refuses Easy Pieties]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Leo XIV didn't hide behind abstractions at the Angelus. His appeal for Palestinians in the West Bank says something uncomfortable about what Catholic speech should sound like now.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:14:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Henry S. Wallace</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Illinois' New Suicide Law Is About More Than Dying]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What troubles me most about Illinois' new assisted-suicide law isn't only what it permits. It's what it tries to make doctors and religious hospitals participate in.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Jacob Whitman</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Pope Leo's Legal Tweak Could Calm Orthodox Fears]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A small change in Vatican law doesn't sound dramatic. Still, when Catholics and Orthodox keep circling the same old wound over papal power, little clarifications can carry surprising weight.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:37:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Father Lucas</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Jesus Did With the Woman the Disciples Wanted Gone]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Canaanite woman story always lands with a jolt. I don't think it's tame at all, especially when Christians start deciding who counts and who doesn't.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:40:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Father Lucas</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Lebanon Ended Executions, and America Should Feel This]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lebanon just did something morally clear in a region marked by conflict. I keep thinking about what that says to countries, including ours, that still cling to execution.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:04:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Henry S. Wallace</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Malta Never Treated the Assumption as an Abstract Idea]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[What struck me wasn't just how old this devotion is. It was how naturally Malta seems to hold doctrine, feast day, and ordinary life together.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:51:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Jacob Whitman</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why St. Clare Still Makes Our Screens Feel Strange]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[St. Clare being the patron saint of television sounds almost like a Catholic joke. It isn't, and I think her feast lands right on one of our modern nerves.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:55:24 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Henry S. Wallace</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Ceuta's Prayer Vigil Could Change if We Let It]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Church in Ceuta isn't pretending a vigil fixes a humanitarian disaster. That's exactly why this struck me. Prayer can be an escape, or it can be the first honest step back toward seeing each other again.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:21:50 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Jacob Whitman</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Pope Leo's Argentina Trip Feels Bigger Than a Visit]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A papal visit can't fix wages or rent. Still, in Argentina right now, people seem to be asking for something deeper, and maybe more dangerous.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 12:42:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Jacob Whitman</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Pope Leo Put the Liturgy Back in the Center]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV didn’t offer a pep talk about private spirituality. He pointed back to the Church at prayer, and I think a lot of us needed that.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 14:52:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Pastor Benjamin</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Ceuta Exposes About Europe and the Catholic Conscience]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Ceuta is one of those stories that tempts people into easy talking points. I don’t think Catholics get that luxury.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:10:37 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Pastor Benjamin</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Pope Leo Said About America, and What He Didn't]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The first American-born pope gave a few brief interviews, and the headlines wrote themselves. What stayed with me was the part that didn't flatter us.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:46:11 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Henry S. Wallace</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[What Louis Armstrong's Baptism Still Says About Grace]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Louis Armstrong was baptized Catholic as an infant, then lived a life full of brilliance and contradiction. I can't shake what that says about grace.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2026 13:11:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Father Lucas</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why the Franciscans Are Betting on Smaller and Truer]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The new head of the largest U.S. Franciscan province isn't pretending the numbers look good. Oddly enough, that's part of why I find this hopeful.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 13:37:07 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Jacob Whitman</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why a Petty Charge in the Philippines Feels So Dangerous]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This case against Marchel Espina isn't just about one article or one insulted minister. It's about how easy it is to make truth-telling expensive.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 14:49:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Father Lucas</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Mexico's Court Keeps Redrawing the Abortion Fight]]></title>
      <link>https://priestchat.com/en/blog/mexicos-court-keeps-redrawing-the-abortion-fight</link>
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      <description><![CDATA[What struck me in this story wasn’t only the abortion rulings. It was the growing sense among Mexican Catholics that the court is deciding cultural and moral questions by attrition.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:51:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Jacob Whitman</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why the Loaves Story Still Exposes Our Real Hunger]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[I keep coming back to one line in the loaves story: they all ate and were satisfied. That's not just about lunch. That's about the ache most of us drag into prayer without knowing how to name it.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Pastor Benjamin</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why New York's New Law Has Catholic Care Homes Alarmed]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This lawsuit out of New York isn't just another church-state skirmish. It's about what kind of care we think suffering people deserve when they're most vulnerable.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:47:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Jacob Whitman</dc:creator>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why Blessed Stanley Rother Still Makes Politicians Look Small]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A president can issue a tribute. Fine. But Blessed Stanley Rother’s life has a way of cutting past ceremony and asking more of all of us.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:53:32 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Pastor Benjamin</dc:creator>
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