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            <title><![CDATA[Protestants’ Real Problem with Mary]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Yes, there are difficulties to resolve in the Marian dogmas. But when you zoom out and look at the whole picture, Mary really deserves a break.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[When the Bishops Closed the Churches]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[One hundred years ago starting this month, the Catholic faithful of Mexico rose up and fought their government to win back the sacraments.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Our Lady of Knock Was Not Alone]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[It is one of the more mysterious Marian apparitions. Our Lady of Knock said nothing at all. So what really happened in Ireland in 1879?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Harsh Should Your Penance Be?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[St. John Vianney famously engaged in intense, even debilitating mortifications to atone for sin. If he did it, then should we do it, too?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Not Predestined? There’s Still Hope for You!]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Calvinists will use St. Paul to argue that only those God ‘predestined’ for heaven can be saved. But they're reading too much into the Bible.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Lost Sermons of a Church Father]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[One of the greatest Church Fathers and Doctors just ‘released’ two ‘new’ sermons. What do they say, and what are their implications for Catholic doctrine?]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[How Hard Is It to Commit a Mortal Sin?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[You may hear that it’s basically impossible to commit a mortal sin. But the Church warns us against complacency in this!]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Catholic Questions for Protestants]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Answers are great, but sometimes questions are better. Cathoilcs who want to try the offensive could ask, ‘Can Protestants justify this?’]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kneelers for Josephine]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Two and a half years after my daughter Josephine died, our parish's new church building was finally finished. I went there and knelt for a while.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Early Church Fathers and Paganism]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The predominant pagan belief in the Roman Empire ran contrary to the Christian message. The Church Fathers didn't shy from pointing that out.]]></description>
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