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		<title>No De-Baptism for You!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[NPR reported this weekend about Rene LeBouvier, an elderly Frenchman (71) who wants to leave the Catholic Church by having his baptism nullified. A noble effort in which he is far from alone: apparently over a thousand of his countrymen ask every year for the same thing, and twice that number want out in neighboring &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.renegadecatholic.com/blog/2012/01/de-baptism/">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sanchez is Gone But Questions Linger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The tenth Archbishop of Santa Fe, the Most Reverend Robert Fortune Sanchez, who resigned in disgrace for gross mishandling of clergy abuse among his priests while taking sexual advantage of a number of young women, has died. And so, we are led to believe, ends the crisis here. The crisis, maybe, but not the mystery. &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.renegadecatholic.com/blog/2012/01/sanchez-questions-linger/">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Cult of Survivors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Catholic Church has often been described as a cult by critics. In fact, most of the cult checklists out there seem directly targeted at Rome, even if aimed at Mormons, Scientologists, or Heaven&#8217;s Gate. But there is another group that exhibits many of the same disturbingly cult-like features of the Catholic Church, even &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.renegadecatholic.com/blog/2012/01/cult-survivors/">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fighting the New Propaganda</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Catholic Church sure didn&#8217;t invent propaganda, but they are responsible for the word. It was long enshrined in the Vatican in the very name of the Congregation for the Propagation of the Faith, the Church&#8217;s missionary arm (now called the &#8220;Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples&#8221; doubtless because the previous title sounded like they &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.renegadecatholic.com/blog/2011/12/fighting-propaganda/">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Caganer Squatting in the Christmas Crib Adds Relief</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s those little traditions of Christmas that make it such a perfect holiday, even for grumps. There&#8217;s the gorgeous tree covered with ornaments, lights, and tinsel. An irresistible cat toy and the loveliest fire hazard at home; the Christmas tree represents the return of life in the midst of darkness and cold even as it &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.renegadecatholic.com/blog/2011/12/xmas-relief-caganer/">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Crystal Cathedrals and Falling Bricks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This news just in. The Crystal Cathedral, preacher Rev. Robert E. Schuller&#8216;s glorious glass palace, will become the actual cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange County. The steel and glass monument to liberal Protestantism and positive thinking, designed by Philip Johnson, was the longtime home of the famous &#8220;Hour of Power&#8221; broadcasts. It &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.renegadecatholic.com/blog/2011/11/crystal-cathedrals-falling-bricks/">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Guy Fawkes and the Failures of November</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ah, the many failed feasts of fall! This month&#8217;s calendar is a litany of despair, with the anniversaries of many historic bungles, downfalls, flops, false starts, and total fiascos. Is it because this is the season when life itself falters against the lengthening night, when the last leaves fall from the trees, the air turns &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.renegadecatholic.com/blog/2011/11/fawkes-and-failure/">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Women&#8217;s Ordination, Child Abuse, and a World Bank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every time I see a stupid, reactionary, and patronizing action by the Vatican, the Holy See reminds us all once again that they are not to be judged by mere human law. No, their stupidities transcend all normal classifications of idiocy, soaring into rarefied realms of blithe intransigent irrationality with utter glee. The problem is &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.renegadecatholic.com/blog/2011/10/misogyny-banking/">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Did Jesus Die for Klingons Too?&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This may be the only time I could use the name of an actual speech from a DARPA symposium for a post, but this is for real. Philosophy professor Christian Weidemann of Germany&#8217;s Ruhr-University Bochum used it for the title of his talk at the 100 Year Starship Symposium. Putting aside the fact that DARPA &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.renegadecatholic.com/blog/2011/10/klingon-jesus/">More...</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Why Priests Are So Damned Happy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[[HUMOR] – Despite all the negative publicity of recent years from lawsuits, indictments, and perp walks, research shows American Catholic priests are demonstrably among the happiest, most job-fulfilled and satisfied men in the country, according to theologian, psychologist, professional apologist, and former used car salesman, Msgr. James “Smilin’ Jim” McCashbag. Key reasons seem to be &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.renegadecatholic.com/blog/2011/10/happy-priests/">More...</a>]]></description>
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