{"id":3924,"date":"2018-01-02T20:00:43","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T01:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/?p=3924"},"modified":"2018-01-02T18:09:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T23:09:03","slug":"catholicism-still-relevant-world-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sharecatholic.com\/blog\/catholicism-still-relevant-world-today","title":{"rendered":"Is Catholicism Still Relevant in the world today?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe width=\"640\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/PcM7S7Y7r0A\" title=\"Is Catholicism Still Relevant in the world today?\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\">As Catholics, we have forgotten our story and instead we have allowed the Anti-Catholic American media to tell our story for us. 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