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		<title>ROME 26/10-11 – Day 37: For awhile…</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 20:34:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was up before the Roman sun rose at 06:46. By the time it set at 17:01 I was winging my my to these USA. The Ave Maria Bell probably didn&#8217;t ring anywhere for the Roman Curia at 17:30. The &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/rome-26-10-11-day-37-for-awhile/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>“Sometimes the scalpel is the honey.”  Wherein Fr. Z rants about “the parable of the wheat and tares”.</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/sometimes-the-scalpel-is-the-honey-wherein-fr-z-rants-about-the-parable-of-the-wheat-and-tares/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2026 19:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As we swoop in toward the end of the liturgical year we come to the 5th Sunday (Remaining) after Epiphany.  We fill in the gap between the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost and the Last Sunday with Mass formularies uncelebrated after &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/sometimes-the-scalpel-is-the-honey-wherein-fr-z-rants-about-the-parable-of-the-wheat-and-tares/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/some-notes-for-your-sunday-mass-in-the-vetus-and-the-novus-ordo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2026 22:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For those of you who frequent the Novus Ordo, tomorrow is the 32nd Ordinary Sunday (Year A).  I have something for you over at my newish Substack (which you should visit, subscribe so you&#8217;ll get alerts)  HERE Excerpt: For a &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/some-notes-for-your-sunday-mass-in-the-vetus-and-the-novus-ordo/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>ROME 26/10-11 – Day 36: Ultimate</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/rome-26-10-11-day-36-ultimate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2026 01:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[My last full day in Rome has come to its conclusion.  Tomorrow early it&#8217;s off to FCO. Today was the Feast of the Holy Relics preserved in Rome.  I had the honor of saying Mass at what was once the tomb &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/rome-26-10-11-day-36-ultimate/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>WDTPRS – 5 November:  Feast of the Holy Relics. These bones shall live again.  Wherein Fr. Z rants.</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/wdtprs-5-november-feast-of-the-holy-relics-these-bones-shall-live-again-wherein-fr-z-rants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2026 11:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, 5 November, in our traditional liturgical calendars, we find a feast which might surprise many Catholics: the Feast of the Holy Relics. No, this is not a special day set aside to celebrate your aging pastor, although some of &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/wdtprs-5-november-feast-of-the-holy-relics-these-bones-shall-live-again-wherein-fr-z-rants/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>ROME 26/10-11 – Day 35: Penultimate</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow is my last full day in Rome. Today, however,  06:44 saw the sun rise over the Seven Hills. Sunset was 17:03. It was the Feast of St. Charles Borromeo&#8230; an incredible saint who gave his all and died young.  &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/rome-26-10-11-day-35-penultimate/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Germans… “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 23:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI &#38; the Vatican repeatedly requested the German bishops use “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all” He re-issued the request in 2012, via a detailed theological letter Benedict also called the German bishops to &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/germans-for-many-in-the-consecration-formula-rather-than-for-all/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>WDTPRS: A charming translation for the Feast of St. Charles Borromeo – 4 November</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/wdtprs-a-charming-translation-for-the-feast-of-st-charles-borromeo-4-november/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 10:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Today, 4 November, Holy Church honors St. Charles Borromeo (+1584), the great Archbishop of Milan and champion of the Catholic Counter-Reformation.  His heart is &#8220;warded&#8221; not far from where I write, in the great church San Carlo al Corso. The &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/wdtprs-a-charming-translation-for-the-feast-of-st-charles-borromeo-4-november/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>ROME 26/10-11 – Day 34:  Requiem for deceased benefactors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2026 01:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For this 307th day of 2026, the sun rose at 06:43 over the Eternal City. The days here are not eternal, however, and the sun set at 17:04. The &#8220;Ave Maria&#8221; Bell for the Curia remained in the 17:30 cycle, &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/rome-26-10-11-day-34-requiem-for-deceased-benefactors/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October.  Understandable, but I have some reservations.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is something splendid about the thought that, somewhere in the dark of night a person with a simple radio could turn a dial and hear a voice crackling across the layers of atmosphere from Rome or Alabama and discover &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/cq-cq-cq-ewtn-shut-down-its-shortwave-radio-service-on-31-october-understandable-but-i-have-some-reservations/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>ASK FATHER: “Is it proper to pray for the repose of souls who died before the Resurrection and the harrowing of Hell?”</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From a reader&#8230; QUAERITUR: Given it is near All Souls Day, is it proper to pray for the repose of souls who died before the Resurrection and the harrowing of Hell? The short answer is, yes, it is permissible to &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/ask-father-is-it-proper-to-pray-for-the-repose-of-souls-who-died-before-the-resurrection-and-the-harrowing-of-hell/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 21:51:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Rome the sun rose at 06:42 19:05 is when it set. Curial &#8220;Ave Maria&#8221; Bell, still 17:30 Commemoration of All Saints.  What a roller coaster from yesterday.  But logical. And therapeutic. Interesting. Asymmetrical tactic. BREAKING: This morning’s cyberattack against &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/rome-26-10-11-day-33-all-souls/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>ASK FATHER: “Why isn’t the Male Only Holy Orders a Dogma?”</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 09:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[From a reader&#8230; QUAERITUR: There’s something I’ve been wondering about for years. Why isn’t the Male Only Holy Orders a Dogma? It seems like since 1994 it’s been declared that all Catholics must accept this. Could a Pope come along &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/ask-father-why-isnt-the-male-only-holy-orders-a-dogma/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>ROME 26/10-11 – Day 32: All Saints</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/rome-26-10-11-day-32-all-saints/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:19:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For this 305th day of the calendar year, the Feast of All Saints &#8211; which bumps the Sunday though in the Vetus Ordo it gets a commemoration (something the Novus Ordo does not have) the sun rose over Rome at &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/rome-26-10-11-day-32-all-saints/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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		<title>ACTION ITEM!  1-8 November PLENARY INDULGENCE for the Poor Souls</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/action-item-1-8-november-plenary-indulgence-for-the-poor-souls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2026 00:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA["How To..." - Practical Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACTION ITEM!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Four Last Things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plenary indulgences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poor Souls]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[November is the month dedicated especially to the Holy Souls in Purgatory. Holy Mother Church, who never forgets her suffering children, gives us an opportunity during the first eight days of November to come to their aid by obtaining plenary &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/action-item-1-8-november-plenary-indulgence-for-the-poor-souls/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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			<dc:creator>frz@wdtprs.com (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>What Does The Prayer (Hymn) Really Say? “Placáre, Christe, sérvulis”</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/what-does-the-prayer-hymn-really-say-placare-christe-servulis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 23:07:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[PRAYERCAzT: What Does The (Latin) Prayer Really Sound L]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hymn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hymnody]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tonight at Solemn Vespers for the Feast of All Saints, we were treated with a vision of the heavenly court as we sang the hymn after the psalms (the traditional location unlike the post-Conciliar Liturgy of the Hours). The hymn &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/what-does-the-prayer-hymn-really-say-placare-christe-servulis/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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			<dc:creator>frz@wdtprs.com (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>If you are a priest or seminarian, this is your immediate homework.  A judicial decision from the Roman Rota roundly condemned publishing lists of “credibly accused” clerics.</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/if-you-are-a-priest-or-seminarian-this-is-your-immediate-homework-a-judicial-decision-from-the-roman-rota-roundly-condemned-publishing-lists-of-credibly-accused-clerics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:53:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Canon Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Priests and Priesthood]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[My good friend Michael Mazza, a hero canonist and also civil lawyer who defends priests, posted at Catholic World Report about a judicial decision from the Roman Rota which roundly condemned the practice of publishing lists of “credibly accused” clerics.  The &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/if-you-are-a-priest-or-seminarian-this-is-your-immediate-homework-a-judicial-decision-from-the-roman-rota-roundly-condemned-publishing-lists-of-credibly-accused-clerics/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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			<dc:creator>frz@wdtprs.com (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>Your Sunday Sermon Notes – All Saints (Vetus Ordo and Novus Ordo)</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/your-sunday-sermon-notes-all-saints-vetus-ordo-and-novus-ordo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Sermons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sunday sermons]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[My Sunday Mass intention today is for my benefactors, those of you who donate regularly, ad hoc, or send things. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/your-sunday-sermon-notes-all-saints-vetus-ordo-and-novus-ordo/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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			<dc:creator>frz@wdtprs.com (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>MAIL CALL: A note about St. Expeditus and an online shrine</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/mail-call-a-note-about-st-expeditus-and-an-online-shrine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 18:21:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[The Campus Telephone Pole]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Expeditus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[From a reader&#8230; Hello Father — your St. Expeditus piece delighted me: the saint hidden inside the Collect&#8217;s own word, &#8216;expediti&#8217; — unencumbered, freed for God&#8217;s work — with his HODIE cross raised over the crow still croaking &#8216;cras.&#8217; Few &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/11/mail-call-a-note-about-st-expeditus-and-an-online-shrine/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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			<dc:creator>frz@wdtprs.com (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf)</dc:creator></item>
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		<title>ROME 26/10 – Day 31: Blast from the … present!</title>
		<link>https://wdtprs.com/2026/10/rome-26-10-day-31-blast-from-the-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[SESSIUNCULA]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have a new Substack post about the Feast of All Saints. 06:13 was the Sunrise in Rome and sunset was at 19:08 The Curia&#8217;s Ave Mari Bell is still in the 1730 cycle. It is the vigil of All &#8230; <span class="read-more"><a href="https://wdtprs.com/2026/10/rome-26-10-day-31-blast-from-the-present/">Read More <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a></span>]]></description>
		
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			<dc:creator>frz@wdtprs.com (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf)</dc:creator></item>
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