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	<title>Religion News Blog &#187; Catholic Church</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 11:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Vatican trying to avoid baptism by proxy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 06:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Roman Catholic Church has recently directed dioceses worldwide not to give parish information to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The move is to prevent LDS Church members from baptizing by proxy Catholic ancestors. ]]></description>
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		<title>Church recognizes Virgin Mary appearances in France</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 10:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Officials at Notre-Dame-du-Laus church say that after four months of daily apparitions starting in May 1664, the Virgin Mary asked Rencurel to build a church and a house to receive priests.]]></description>
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		<title>Faithful gather as remains of Stigmata Saint go on display</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:54:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Padre Pio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Padre Pio's body is unusually central to the cult that surrounds him, and exceptionally controversial. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pope says he is ashamed of clergy abuse scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Benedict's pilgrimage was the first trip by a pontiff to the United States since the sex abuse scandal rocked U.S. dioceses in the early 2000s and triggered lawsuits that have cost the church hundreds of millions of dollars in settlements.]]></description>
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		<title>Ontario archdiocese appoints two new exorcists</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21070/exorcism-21</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The archdiocese doesn't receive any more than seven or eight calls a year about exorcism. But exorcism has always been part of the Catholic ministry, even if it has fallen by the wayside.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico drug traffickers are financing churches, bishop says</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21064/catholic-church-mexico-drugs</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Texcoco Bishop Carlos Aguiar Retes, president of the Mexican Bishops Conference, said drug lords had financed public works in rural areas that are little served by the government and also had built churches.]]></description>
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		<title>Dozens blinded in India looking for Virgin Mary</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20879/virgin-mary-3</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Catholic Church]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mariology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At least 50 people have lost their sight after staring at the sun hoping to see an image of the Virgin Mary, according to reports.]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican Lists Seven Social Sins</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20852/catholic-church-8</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:29:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Vatican has put together a list of seven ``social'' sins that includes excessive wealth, drug abuse, littering, genetic tampering and creating poverty.]]></description>
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		<title>New Forum to Try to Improve Catholic-Muslim Ties</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Muslim delegation also announced several initiatives to strengthen relations between Islam and denominations like Protestants and Orthodox Christians.]]></description>
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		<title>Muslim scholars, Vatican officials talk</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20817/catholic-church-islam</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 09:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The group includes representatives of 138 Muslim scholars and intellectuals who wrote to Benedict and other Christian leaders last year urging Christians and Muslims to develop their common ground of belief in one God.]]></description>
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