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							<title><![CDATA[The Radical Visions of St. Francis of Assisi]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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							<description><![CDATA[&#194;&#147;Why you?&#194;&#148; a man asked Francesco di Bernardone, known to us now as St. Francis of Assisi. Francis (1181/2-1226) was scrawny and plain-looking. He wore a filthy tunic, with a piece of rope as a belt, and no shoes. While preaching, he often would dance, weep, make animal sounds, strip to...]]></description>
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