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		<title>Pope to Synod: Church Must Recognise, Ask Pardon for its Sins</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Oct 2024 08:20:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<img width="420" height="505" src="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SYNOD-PENITENTIAL-LITURGY1-420x505.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SYNOD-PENITENTIAL-LITURGY1-420x505.jpg 420w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SYNOD-PENITENTIAL-LITURGY1-520x625.jpg 520w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SYNOD-PENITENTIAL-LITURGY1-320x385.jpg 320w, https://www.scross.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/SYNOD-PENITENTIAL-LITURGY1.jpg 667w" sizes="(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px" />By Cindy Wooden, CNS &#8211; The Catholic Church cannot be credible in its mission of proclaiming Christ unless it acknowledges [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A Time to Reflect on Ash</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 03:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pope: A heart filled with scorn, vain presumption is a ticket to hell</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Mar 2023 07:55:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Carol Glatz, CNS &#8211; The faithful must set aside their egos and sense of superiority over others to make [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>24 Hours for the Lord &#8211; Prayer and Penance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Mar 2023 04:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Justin McLellan, CNS &#8211; Pope Francis will open a Lenten prayer and penance initiative at a Rome parish on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pope: Rather than blaming God, Jesus says &#8216;Look Inside Ourselves&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CNS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:19:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Carol Glatz &#8211;  Jesus asks people to turn away from evil and renounce the temptation to sin rather than blame [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fight Temptation with Faith, Prayer and Penance</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2021 07:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Lent: A Detox of the Soul</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2020 09:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>&#8216;Go and Sin No More&#8217; is For All of Us</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2018 06:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pope: Even When We Are Distant from God, He&#8217;s Not</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caleb SC]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2018 06:03:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[God's love is never lacking, despite people's sins and rejection of his presence in their lives, Pope Francis said at a Lenten penance service.

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