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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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    <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>
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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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		<title><![CDATA[AG Campbell issues report on child clergy sex abuse across 3 Massachusetts dioceses]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has
released a
new report detailing nearly 1,000 cases of child sex abuse allegedly
committed by 270 clergy across the Fall River, Worcester and Springfield
dioceses, first publicly exposed...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4309416</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[AG Campbell issues report on child clergy sex abuse across 3 Massachusetts dioceses]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON — Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell has
released a new report detailing nearly 1,000 cases of child sex abuse
allegedly committed by 270 clergy across the Fall River, Worcester and
Springfield dioceses, first publicly exposed...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4309358</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/30/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bills creating security protections for religious worshippers]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California now bans people from protesting,
harassing or blocking people exiting or entering a religious facility
within a certain radius, after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Friday
that shore up state protections for ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4306114</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pope says technology must help people, warns of 'dehumanization']]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[Advances in artificial intelligence and other technologies must
remain at the service of people rather than become instruments of
domination and injustice, Pope Leo XIV said.

Speaking at the Unesco headquarters in Paris on Friday on the first
leg...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4305966</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/25/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['A piece of Cuba': Miami Catholics gather to honor the island's patron saint]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MIAMI — Miami Catholics came together Tuesday evening to honor
Cuba’s patron saint at a critical moment for Cubans.

The annual celebration for Our Lady of Charity, known to many as
“La Ermita de la Caridad,” was particularly significant ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sep/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mayor Mamdani, NYPD assure Jewish New Yorkers they will be safe this Rosh Hashanah]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Mayor Mamdani and Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch
vowed Wednesday that the NYPD will do everything in its power to make
sure Jewish New Yorkers can celebrate Rosh
Hashanah safely as the city faces an uptick in antisemitic hate
...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sep/09/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Cardinal Cupich, Catholic nuns sue Illinois to block medical aid-in-dying law ahead of Sept. 12 start]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — Chicago’s Catholic archbishop, two orders of Catholic
nuns and other plaintiffs filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to block the
state from enforcing a
controversial Illinois law set to take effect next week that would
let doctors ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4290921</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Sep/03/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Pope Leo XIV is popular with Pa. Democrats after feud with Trump. But Republicans are split]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[PHILADELPHIA — Pope Leo XIV is significantly more popular among
Pennsylvania Democrats than Republicans in the state, according to an
Inquirer/New York Times/Siena University poll released this week.

While 75% of Democrats expressed a favorable...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4285505</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Minnesotans turned to faith communities to help during the ICE surge. Some stayed for Sunday worship]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS -- During Operation Metro Surge, Anoka United Church of
Christ became a hub for neighbors helping neighbors.

Six months after the surge in immigration enforcement spurred fresh civic engagement in Minnesota, some of
the people who ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Aug/27/2026</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Minneapolis church asks judge to hold Homeland Security in contempt]]></title>
		<description><![CDATA[MINNEAPOLIS — A Minneapolis church is asking a federal judge to
hold the Department of Homeland Security Investigations in contempt
after it discovered the agency had infiltrated it as part of an effort
to investigate alleged violence against ...<br /><br /><hr size="1" />]]></description>
		<link>https://www.arcamax.com/religiousnews/s-4281030</link>
		
 
    <pubDate>Aug/21/2026</pubDate>
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