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		<title>Pope Gives Guidance on Elections</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/10/28/pope-gives-guidance-on-elections/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 20:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KHernandez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States isn’t the only country with elections coming up. Earlier today, Pope Benedict XVI met with Bishops in Brazil as the country prepares to vote in a presidential election this weekend. Even though our Pope was speaking to the bishops in Brazil, what he said can certainly be applied to Catholics in US [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellsprings Capable of Bestowing the Water of Life</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/06/14/wellsprings-capable-of-bestowing-the-water-of-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Probbio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The news reports out of Rome highlighted that the Pope Benedict XVI &#8220;beg[ed] forgiveness from God and from the persons involved, while promising to do everything possible to ensure that such abuse will never occur again.&#8221;  The homily delivered at the papal Mass on the feast of the Sacred Heart that marked the end of the Year for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Face of Christ</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/05/27/face-of-christ/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 09:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Probbio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week one of the St. Michael Society editors had the privilege to see the Shroud of Turin, arguably the Church’s most holy relic.  The shroud is controversial but I will leave that discussion to the scientists.  I believe it is the burial cloth of Jesus but if you want a good review of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ascension &amp; Our Lady of Fatima</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/05/13/the-ascension-our-lady-of-fatima/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 13:47:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KHernandez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is a super star feast day in the Catholic Church. For some dioceses here in the US, the feast of the Ascension of our Lord is moved from today until this coming Sunday. In other parts of the country, and the world, the Ascension is celebrated today. For those of us who don’t celebrate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Defending the Pope</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/04/05/defending-the-pope/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Looby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following are two articles that completely shred the accusations that have been unfarily leveled against the Pope in the wake of the latest sex abuse scandal.   The first comes from Jimmy Akin and goes to great lengths to use the actual relevant documents and canon law. The second piece is a correction of the NY [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bart Stupak&#8217;s Betrayal</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/03/23/3059/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Probbio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the Editors of St Michael Society, the shock over Bart Stupak&#8217;s betrayal this weekend has begun to turn into anger and grief. Its one thing to cave to pressures and intimidation but Stupak&#8217;s speech on the House floor sheds new light on the man. This was not a man who changed his vote because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Breviary &#8211; 3/15/10</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/03/16/from-the-breviary-31510/</link>
		<comments>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/03/16/from-the-breviary-31510/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Looby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, those of us in the Diocese of Arlington were asked to keep a day of prayer and fasting by Bishop Loverde to ask God&#8217;s protection and guidance for those who are crafting health care legislation.  I imagine that it is no accident that the petitions for Evening Prayer in the Divine Office for yesterday started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pelosi Corrected By Bishop&#8230;. AGAIN!</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/02/09/pelosi-corrected-by-bishop-again/</link>
		<comments>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/02/09/pelosi-corrected-by-bishop-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:06:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Looby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one almost slipped by unnoticed, but thanks to a friend I came across this recent public chastisment of Nancy Pelosi by Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco after comments she made last month about her disagreements with Church teaching.  Ms. Pelsoi, as only Ms. Pelosi can do, managed once again to completely misrepresent the faith she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Harry Knox, Pope Benedict, and the Debate On Condoms in Africa</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/02/05/harry-knox-pope-benedict-and-the-debate-on-condoms-in-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/02/05/harry-knox-pope-benedict-and-the-debate-on-condoms-in-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Looby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Christopher Gross and Patrick Looby It is rare that philosophical arguments can be resolved by simply appealing to empirical data.  In many instances, participants in the dispute may agree on the facts but disagree about the implications of those facts or how much weight should be given to them.  However, there are rare cases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great News from the Pope for Massachusetts Catholics!</title>
		<link>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/02/02/great-news-from-the-pope-for-massachusetts-catholics/</link>
		<comments>http://stmichaelsociety.com/2010/02/02/great-news-from-the-pope-for-massachusetts-catholics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Looby</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict XVI has granted a plenary indulgence for anyone who makes a pilgrimage visit to the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, MA during its jubilee year of 2010. Officially dedicated in 1960, the Shrine has been the home to the Marian Helpers whose prayers and hard work benefit most [...]]]></description>
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