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		<title>Cardinal Stephen Brislin Reflects on the Historic Election of Pope Leo One Year Later</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kati Dijane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 08:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A year after the historic election of Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Stephen Brislin still speaks about the experience with awe, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Taken Up in a Dream: A Real-Life Encounter on the Eve of the Ascension</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gregory B Stephenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Gregory B Stephenson, Author: Jesus In The Kallid Times Twenty-four years ago, on the night of 8 May 2002 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Establishment of the Polokwane Diocese Mental Health Ministry</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 02:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The burden of mental illness and the associated effects has become a problem globally. The Catholic Church has recommended the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fr David Motsepe Appointed Vicar-General of Archdiocese of Pretoria</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daluxolo Moloantoa]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Archdiocese of Pretoria has welcomed the news of  Archbishop Dabula Anthony Mpako&#8217;s appointment of Father David Sefiri Motsepe as the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dominican Father Mark James’ book on Deaf ministry wins literary acclaim</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Terence Creamer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 08:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dominican Father Mark James has been awarded the 2026 Desmond Tutu-Gerrit Brand Award for Emerging Authors for his book Proud [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What actually IS Just War Theory?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jason Scott]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 08:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What is it good for? Exposing bad theology. War is everywhere. And with war comes people talking about war — [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>St Joseph&#8217;s Parish in Actonville Celebrates 75th Anniversary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kati Dijane]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 07:24:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The faithful of St Joseph Catholic Church in Actonville, Benoni, gathered in joyful celebration as the parish marked its 75th [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>First induction workshop of Salesian Mission Partners in Southern Africa</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fr Vaclav Klement SDB]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 07:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Fr Vaclav Klement &#8211; The first-ever induction workshop for the leading lay mission partners of the Southern Africa Salesian [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mother’s Day Chocolate Brownies</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grazia Barletta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 03:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grazia Barletta]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 1905, Anna Jarvis of West Virginia in the US stood at her mother’s graveside, reflecting on her mom’s work [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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