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	<description>&#34;If you&#039;re Catholic and you disagree with your Church, what do you do? You change your mind.&#34; - Most Reverend Charlas J. Chaput, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Denver, Homily on August 24, 2008</description>
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		<title>Archbishop Dolan on Anti-Catholicism</title>
		<link>http://midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/archbishop-dolan-on-anti-catholicism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of course, the New York Times declined to publish his letter. Anyone surprised?
It is not hyperbole to call prejudice against the Catholic Church a national pastime. Scholars such as Arthur Schlesinger Sr. referred to it as “the deepest bias in the history of the American people,” while John Higham described it as “the most luxuriant, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com&blog=278271&post=564&subd=midwestcatholicdad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The Pope of Christian Unity&#8221; has a nice sound to it</title>
		<link>http://midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/the-pope-of-christian-unity-has-a-nice-sound-to-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Father Z:
I want to invite all you readers into a project.  
My idea is that we should start to refer to Pope Benedict XVI as …
&#8230; the Pope of Christian Unity. 
An excellent idea.
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		<title>A wonderful pastoral letter</title>
		<link>http://midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/a-wonderful-pastoral-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From His Excellency Bishop Nickless of the Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa.
Ecclesia Semper Reformanda
Lastly, the Holy Father, going into greater detail later in the address, explains that the “spirit of Vatican II” must be found only in the letter of the documents themselves. The so-called “spirit” of the Council has no authoritative interpretation. It is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com&blog=278271&post=556&subd=midwestcatholicdad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Well, this certainly doesn&#8217;t instill confidence, does it?</title>
		<link>http://midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/well-this-certainly-doesnt-instill-confidence-does-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am about as against a public option for health care as can be. The only thing worse would be a full-blown single-payer system like they have in Canada, England, and elsewhere.
A friend of mine, who has a relative living in England, says the NHS is wonderful and works great. Yeah. Then I come across [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com&blog=278271&post=553&subd=midwestcatholicdad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An interesting point</title>
		<link>http://midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com/2009/10/14/an-interesting-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[and one that seems eminently reasonable
Hayek&#8217;s basic critique of the idea of social justice is not based on a moral argument &#8212; it is based on the limits of human knowledge. Human beings simply do not possess the kinds of information necessary to allow for a just and equitable distribution of resources necessary to ensure [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com&blog=278271&post=544&subd=midwestcatholicdad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This is one of the most insane things I&#8217;ve seen in awhile</title>
		<link>http://midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/this-is-one-of-the-most-insane-things-ive-seen-in-awhile/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A six-year old has been disciplined and suspended from school because he took his Cub Scout fork/knife/spoon utensil to school to use at lunch.
It’s a Fork, It’s a Spoon, It’s a &#8230; Weapon? 
One of the brighter comments by a school official:
“There is no parent who wants to get a phone call where they hear [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com&blog=278271&post=541&subd=midwestcatholicdad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>More wisdom from Dr. Wilson</title>
		<link>http://midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/more-wisdom-from-dr-wilson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his latest Chronicles essay: Nostalgia &#8211; Things I Miss:
News reporters who could tell fact from opinion and were suspicious of ALL politicians.
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		<title>Mr. de Prada makes a good point</title>
		<link>http://midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/mr-de-prada-makes-a-good-point/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:07:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Juan Manuel de Prada is a Spanish writer who converted to the Catholic faith around 2005. From the introduction of his book, de Prada describes his conversion to the &#8220;ancient liberty&#8221; of the Catholic faith:
The progressive Matrix has thus become a sort of Messianic faith; it has instituted a new order, it has imposed unassailable [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com&blog=278271&post=536&subd=midwestcatholicdad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>But how can he be right?</title>
		<link>http://midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/but-how-can-he-be-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Al Gore says he&#8217;s wrong, and Al Gore has a Nobel prize:
Carbon Dioxide Doesn&#8217;t Cause Global Warming:
Much of the global warming debate has focused on reducing CO2 emissions because it is thought that the greenhouse gas produced mostly from fossil fuels is warming the planet. But Steward, who once believed CO2 caused global warming, is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com&blog=278271&post=533&subd=midwestcatholicdad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishop Chaput on Obama and Notre Dame</title>
		<link>http://midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/archbishop-chaput-on-obama-and-notre-dame/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Louis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[His Excellency responds to an earlier article by Cardinal Georges Cottier. The English title of the article is &#8220;Politics, morality and a president: an american view&#8220;:
First, resistance to President Obama’s appearance at Notre Dame had nothing to do with whether he is a good or bad man.  He is obviously a gifted man.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=midwestcatholicdad.wordpress.com&blog=278271&post=530&subd=midwestcatholicdad&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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