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	<title>Explaining the Vatican’s SSPX Decrees</title>
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	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The Vatican issues two decrees related to the SSPX episcopal consecrations, one on the penalties imposed and another on the procedures for those who wish to leave the SSPX. Who exactly is excommunicated, and does this mean a Catholic can’t attend an SSPX]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Explain-SSPX-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Explain-SSPX-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Explain-SSPX-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />The Vatican issues two decrees related to the SSPX episcopal consecrations, one on the penalties imposed and another on the procedures for those who wish to leave the SSPX. Who exactly is excommunicated, and does this mean a Catholic can’t attend an SSPX Mass?]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Disclosure Dud</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Disclosure-Dud-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Disclosure-Dud-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Disclosure-Dud-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />Stephen Spielberg’s big-budget movie “Disclosure Day” is a failed attempt to capture our fascination with aliens and the spiritual consequences their disclosure might bring.]]></description>
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	<title>Why Catholic Bishops Love Islam</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Bishops-Islam-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Bishops-Islam-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Bishops-Islam-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />Recently the Archbishop of Detroit spoke of Islam as if he were himself a devout Muslim. Sadly, this is just the latest example in a decades-long love affair between the Catholic hierarchy and Islam.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Recently the Archbishop of Detroit spoke of Islam as if he were himself a devout Muslim. Sadly, this is just the latest example in a decades-long love affair between the Catholic hierarchy and Islam.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Bishops-Islam-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Bishops-Islam-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Bishops-Islam-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />Recently the Archbishop of Detroit spoke of Islam as if he were himself a devout Muslim. Sadly, this is just the latest example in a decades-long love affair between the Catholic hierarchy and Islam.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Recently the Archbishop of Detroit spoke of Islam as if he were himself a devout Muslim. Sadly, this is just the latest example in a decades-long love affair between the Catholic hierarchy and Islam.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>What SSPX Supporters and Critics Each Get Wrong</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SSPX-Dangers-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SSPX-Dangers-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SSPX-Dangers-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />The upcoming SSPX episcopal consecrations have revealed the woeful state of Catholic catechesis, both from its critics and its supporters.]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The upcoming SSPX episcopal consecrations have revealed the woeful state of Catholic catechesis, both from its critics and its supporters.]]></itunes:summary>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Is the SSPX Still Needed?</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SSPX-Needed-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SSPX-Needed-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SSPX-Needed-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />The SSPX says it needs to consecrate new bishops in order for it to survive. But that raises the question: does it really need to survive?
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	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[The SSPX says it needs to consecrate new bishops in order for it to survive. But that raises the question: does it really need to survive?]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SSPX-Needed-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SSPX-Needed-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/SSPX-Needed-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />The SSPX says it needs to consecrate new bishops in order for it to survive. But that raises the question: does it really need to survive?
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The SSPX says it needs to consecrate new bishops in order for it to survive. But that raises the question: does it really need to survive?]]></itunes:summary>
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		<ssp:title>Is the SSPX Still Needed?</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>AI, Aliens, and Demons</title>
	<link>https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/ai-aliens-and-demons</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 20:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AI-Alien-Demon-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AI-Alien-Demon-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AI-Alien-Demon-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />Non-human intelligences including AI, aliens, and demons are in the news, and now a well-known exorcist has been removed from office for suggesting that alien sightings might actually be demonic in origin.]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Non-human intelligences including AI, aliens, and demons are in the news, and now a well-known exorcist has been removed from office for suggesting that alien sightings might actually be demonic in origin.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AI-Alien-Demon-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AI-Alien-Demon-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AI-Alien-Demon-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />Non-human intelligences including AI, aliens, and demons are in the news, and now a well-known exorcist has been removed from office for suggesting that alien sightings might actually be demonic in origin.]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/6279797b7a8128-23567478/2483444/c1e-w7582avx6q0h0gmg7-9jg9d3rntmjx-b2ovvl.mp3" length="46203983" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Non-human intelligences including AI, aliens, and demons are in the news, and now a well-known exorcist has been removed from office for suggesting that alien sightings might actually be demonic in origin.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<ssp:title>AI, Aliens, and Demons</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:48:08</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Crisis Magazine]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Non-human intelligences including AI, aliens, and demons are in the news, and now a well-known exorcist has been removed from office for suggesting that alien sightings might actually be demonic in origin.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/AI-Alien-Demon-Thumbnail.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Initial Thoughts on Magnifica Humanitas</title>
	<link>https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/initial-thoughts-on-magnifica-humanitas</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 19:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crisis Magazine]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/MH-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/MH-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/MH-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />We take a look at Pope Leo’s highly anticipated encyclical on AI, which was released with much fanfare this week. ]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[We take a look at Pope Leo’s highly anticipated encyclical on AI, which was released with much fanfare this week.]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/MH-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/MH-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/MH-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />We take a look at Pope Leo’s highly anticipated encyclical on AI, which was released with much fanfare this week. ]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[We take a look at Pope Leo’s highly anticipated encyclical on AI, which was released with much fanfare this week.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<ssp:title>Initial Thoughts on Magnifica Humanitas</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:41:48</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Crisis Magazine]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[We take a look at Pope Leo’s highly anticipated encyclical on AI, which was released with much fanfare this week.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/MH-Thumbnail.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>The Betrayal of MAGA</title>
	<link>https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/the-betrayal-of-maga</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 14:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crisis Magazine]]></dc:creator>
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	<description><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Massie-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Massie-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Massie-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />Thomas Massie’s defeat in his primary election shows that the Republican Party is Trump’s Party. But is that a good thing?]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Thomas Massie’s defeat in his primary election shows that the Republican Party is Trump’s Party. But is that a good thing?]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Massie-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Massie-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Massie-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />Thomas Massie’s defeat in his primary election shows that the Republican Party is Trump’s Party. But is that a good thing?]]></content:encoded>
	<enclosure url="https://episodes.castos.com/6279797b7a8128-23567478/2471442/c1e-532onf7dj3jc0xmxp-dmjn2x9pb370-4nbd3n.mp3" length="37316303" type="audio/mpeg"></enclosure>
	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Thomas Massie’s defeat in his primary election shows that the Republican Party is Trump’s Party. But is that a good thing?]]></itunes:summary>
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		<ssp:title>The Betrayal of MAGA</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
	<itunes:block>no</itunes:block>
	<itunes:duration>00:38:53</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Crisis Magazine]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[Thomas Massie’s defeat in his primary election shows that the Republican Party is Trump’s Party. But is that a good thing?]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Massie-Thumbnail.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Against Catholic Zionism</title>
	<link>https://crisismagazine.com/podcast/against-catholic-zionism</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 20:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
	<dc:creator><![CDATA[Crisis Magazine]]></dc:creator>
	<guid isPermaLink="false">7be57736-3d35-5fea-ac5c-38a9811d91a7</guid>
	<description><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Against-Zionism-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Against-Zionism-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Against-Zionism-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />A Catholic Zionist organization recently released a theologically-confused manifesto titled “For Zion’s Sake: A Catholic Appeal in Support of Israel.” We’ll break down what it got wrong, and what Catholics should—and should not—believe about the modern state of Israel.
]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[A Catholic Zionist organization recently released a theologically-confused manifesto titled “For Zion’s Sake: A Catholic Appeal in Support of Israel.” We’ll break down what it got wrong, and what Catholics should—and should not—believe about the modern s]]></itunes:subtitle>
	<content:encoded><![CDATA[<img width="110" height="110" src="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Against-Zionism-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="float: left; margin-right: 15px;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Against-Zionism-Thumbnail-110x110.jpg 110w, https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Against-Zionism-Thumbnail-100x100.jpg 100w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 110px) 100vw, 110px" />A Catholic Zionist organization recently released a theologically-confused manifesto titled “For Zion’s Sake: A Catholic Appeal in Support of Israel.” We’ll break down what it got wrong, and what Catholics should—and should not—believe about the modern state of Israel.
]]></content:encoded>
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	<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A Catholic Zionist organization recently released a theologically-confused manifesto titled “For Zion’s Sake: A Catholic Appeal in Support of Israel.” We’ll break down what it got wrong, and what Catholics should—and should not—believe about the modern state of Israel.]]></itunes:summary>
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		<ssp:title>Against Catholic Zionism</ssp:title>
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	<itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit>
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	<itunes:duration>00:48:20</itunes:duration>
	<itunes:author><![CDATA[Crisis Magazine]]></itunes:author>	<googleplay:description><![CDATA[A Catholic Zionist organization recently released a theologically-confused manifesto titled “For Zion’s Sake: A Catholic Appeal in Support of Israel.” We’ll break down what it got wrong, and what Catholics should—and should not—believe about the modern state of Israel.]]></googleplay:description>
	<googleplay:image href="https://crisismagazinecom.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Against-Zionism-Thumbnail.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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