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		<title><![CDATA[Boston archbishop, Massachusetts Catholic leaders denounce Gov. Maura Healey's emergency abortion move]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Boston’s Archbishop Richard Henning and other local
Catholic leaders denounced Gov. Maura Healey’s emergency declaration
on abortions, saying that abortions aren’t healthcare.

“Having read the Governor’s editorial defending ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Nov/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A homecoming to Peru, where Monsignor Robert became Pope Leo]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Leo XIV had been pope for just a week when the former Robert Prevost
confided to one of his old secretaries that he wanted to go back home to
visit, home being Chiclayo.

Father Bob may have grown up in the Chicago suburbs but it’s in
this ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4339019</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: 'Religion in politics' is loving one's neighbor, not waging culture war]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[For almost four decades, since the advent of the Moral Majority in
1979, “religion in politics” has been synonymous with white
Christian nationalism and culture war. This week, however, as the most
expensive election cycle (reportedly $13 ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4338951</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Nov/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A stained glass window of the crucifixion was shattered in a church fire. Worshippers transformed the broken pieces into symbols of renewal]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[ROCKFORD, Ill. — Plumes of smoke billowed from the steep-pitched
roof of a northern Illinois church one winter night after its organ
caught fire during a practice session.

Everyone was evacuated from the property. No one was hurt in the Feb.
23...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Nov/04/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Oakland bishop calls meeting with Trump 'helpful and constructive']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[OAKLAND, Calif. — A Catholic bishop from the Bay Area is calling a
recent meeting with President Donald Trump that he attended with 11
other bishops “helpful and constructive,” even as two other bishops
let their regret be known amid ever-...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4334001</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commentary: Anti-Indian hate came to my family's temple in suburban Chicago]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Oct. 11, the first day of Navaratri, my family and I were
worshipping at our Hindu temple in Aurora. My 80-year-old mother and
87-year-old father were singing Hindu prayers to celebrate one of the
most important holidays of our faith. Little ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4332610</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/29/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Archdiocese restricts ministry of Kansas priest once charged with abusing minor]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Responding to a directive from the Vatican, the leader of the
Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas has placed restrictions on the
ministry of a priest once charged with sexually abusing a minor. 

Archbishop Shawn McKnight ordered that the Rev. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4331343</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Denver archbishop says he's 'heartbroken' that people are hurt by his leading of prayer over President Trump]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — After Denver’s top
Catholic cleric led a prayer over President Donald Trump in the
White House last week, he said he knew the event might be used for
political purposes — but he didn’t intend for his participation to
be an ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4330816</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/26/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Minnesota clergy take their mission to the polls]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Come Election Day, voters may see an unusual presence
outside their polling place: clergy and other faith leaders.

Wearing fluorescent vests labeled “poll chaplain,” hundreds of
trained volunteers plan to fan out across Minnesota on Nov. 3, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4330078</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Detroit faith leaders unite to combat fears of voter intimidation at polls]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT — More than two dozen faith leaders from Metro Detroit held
a blessing of election poll workers Wednesday in light of mounting
concerns of holding safe elections for the Nov. 3 midterm.

The "Vigil for Voting" at the Gesu Jesuit Catholic...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4327419</link>
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    <pubDate>Oct/21/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Ordinary white kid' or 'neo-Nazi'? Court records offer new insight into alleged plot to attack Hindu temple in Illinois]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[AURORA, Ill. — Weeks before his gun
jammed outside a Hindu temple in Aurora, Alexandros Paporakis, 19,
of Palatine, etched his name at the bottom of a guardianship petition
filed by a close family friend. At the same time, prosecutors say, the
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		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4324065</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Florida's attorney general fights for religious freedom. Has he crossed a line?]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier wears his faith on
his sleeve and shares it in legal opinions and threatening missives on
state letterhead.

In the 20 months since he was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis,
Uthmeier, who is Catholic,...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4323449</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/16/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[These Villanova priests have been friends with Pope Leo for decades. Now they are praying for him]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — What’s it like to vacation with Pope Leo XIV?

Just ask the Rev. Arthur Purcaro, assistant vice president for
mission and ministry at Villanova University. He has done it twice at
the pope’s summer residence at Castel Gandolfo...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4321303</link>
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    <pubDate>Oct/14/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Rev. George Clements orchestrated a 'decades-long child sex ring' at South Side parish, new lawsuits say]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — The Rev. George Clements helped propel the Black Catholic
movement, created the “One Church, One Child” initiative urging
adoption and, against church practice, adopted children himself.

Those headline-grabbing and sometimes ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4319989</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pope Leo is diagnosed with lung cancer after surgery in Rome]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors diagnosed Pope Leo XIV with lung cancer and removed the lower
lobe of his right lung during surgery, the Holy See said.

The operation at Rome’s Gemelli hospital followed the earlier
discovery of a nodule on his lung. The diagnosis ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4319918</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/13/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pope Leo will not present Villanova sustainability medal due to upcoming surgery]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV will not present an inaugural Villanova University
sustainability medal in his name, as he is slated to undergo surgery in
the coming days to remove a small growth discovered in his lung.

The 71 year-old pontiff said during his ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4317162</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Chicago clergy set to visit Pope Leo to advocate for immigrant detainees: 'This is a mission from Christ']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- The handwriting is messy, the spelling faulty. Some cried
as they wrote. Others were so excited that they struggled with what to
say. Some did not know how to write at all, and, in those letters, only
a few words are legible.

But, ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4317109</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/12/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pope Leo will have surgery to remove a nodule in his lung. A Villanova medal ceremony remains unclear]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV said he would undergo surgery in the coming days so doctors
can remove a small growth discovered in his lung. The procedure marks
his first major medical issue since becoming the first U.S.-born pontiff
last year.

Speaking during his...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4316556</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/11/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Jim Bakker funeral services announced. PTL televangelist died Monday, wife says]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Televangelist Jim Bakker’s funeral services were announced Tuesday by the Jim
Bakker Show based in Branson, Missouri.

His viewing and funeral are set for Monday, Oct. 12, at 180 Grace
Chapel Road in Blue Eye, Missouri, according to the show. ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4313171</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Oct/06/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['God never listened': Clergy sex abuse survivors speak out in new AG report]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Mental illness and addiction, the inability to form
connections with others, a loss of faith — those are just some of the
consequences that clergy sex abuse survivors have faced, as chronicled
in a
new 200-page report from the ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4309563</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/30/2026</pubDate>
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