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	<title>Laetare &#8216;Rejoice&#8217; &#124; Episode 30</title>
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	<title>Listening to the Word in Lent</title>
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	<title>Closer to Christ &#124; Episode 29</title>
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	<title>The world&#8217;s second youngest Cardinal on his mission in Mongolia</title>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:18:20 +0000</pubDate>
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	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[In today’s Catholic News podcast, we are joined by His Eminence Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The Cardinal has been visiting the UK this week with Missio, the Pope’s charity for world mission. Cardinal Marengo has ]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/02/Cardinal-Marengo-1600.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Holy Land &#124; Episode 28</title>
	<link>https://www.cbcew.org.uk/podcast/holy-land-episode-28/</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 13:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Sneaking in on the penultimate day of January is the first At the Foot of the Cross podcast of 2026. Ordinarily we&#8217;d have Abbot Hugh Allan, our Director of Mission, in the studio to discuss the latest from the secretariat of the Catholic Bishops&#8217; Conference of England and Wales, but unfortunately he&#8217;s on the road [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Sneaking in on the penultimate day of January is the first At the Foot of the Cross podcast of 2026. Ordinarily we&#8217;d have Abbot Hugh Allan, our Director of Mission, in the studio to discuss the latest from the secretariat of the Catholic Bishops&#8]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>Bishop Jim Curry guests on &#8216;Middle East Analysis&#8217; podcast</title>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2025 23:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Our Lead Bishop for the Holy Land, Bishop Jim Curry, has appeared as a guest on the December 2025 episode of Middle East Analysis, a podcast series that examines the complex religious, political and socio-economic realities of the region covering the Middle East, North Africa and Gulf States. Sitting alongside regular studio guest Dr Harry [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[Our Lead Bishop for the Holy Land, Bishop Jim Curry, has appeared as a guest on the December 2025 episode of Middle East Analysis, a podcast series that examines the complex religious, political and socio-economic realities of the region covering the Mid]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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	<title>Safe in Faith</title>
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	<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 07:24:00 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[During the 16 Days of Activism against violence against women and girls, we met with Nikki Dhillon-Keane, a therapist, trainer, author and activist, and the founder of Safe in Faith, a project of Caritas Westminster working to support survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and exploitation in ways that understand how their faith impacts their [&#8230;]]]></description>
	<itunes:subtitle><![CDATA[During the 16 Days of Activism against violence against women and girls, we met with Nikki Dhillon-Keane, a therapist, trainer, author and activist, and the founder of Safe in Faith, a project of Caritas Westminster working to support survivors of domest]]></itunes:subtitle>
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	<content:encoded><![CDATA[During the 16 Days of Activism against violence against women and girls, we met with Nikki Dhillon-Keane, a therapist, trainer, author and activist, and the founder of Safe in Faith, a project of Caritas Westminster working to support survivors of domestic abuse, sexual violence and exploitation in ways that understand how their faith impacts their [&#8230;]]]></content:encoded>
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	<googleplay:image href="https://www.cbcew.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2025/12/woman-safety-1600.jpg"></googleplay:image>
	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
	<googleplay:block>no</googleplay:block>
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