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    <description>This October, the Catholic Courier, which is the Catholic newspaper for the 12-county diocese of Rochester, NY, will mark its 135th anniversary of its founding. To celebrate this milestone, the Rochester Catholic Press Association, which publishes the Catholic Courier, will host an art-gallery style exhibition offering a retrospective of historic and artistic photojournalism from the archives of the Catholic Courier and predecessor titles.
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    <itunes:subtitle>135 Years of Courier Photojournalism</itunes:subtitle>
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      <itunes:subtitle>The Catholic Courier also is producing a limited-series podcast featuring the photographers and stories behind the images that will be on display in photojournalism exhibit this October. </itunes:subtitle>
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      <itunes:subtitle>Catholic Courier staff writer Mike Latona talks about an image he captured of Pope John Paul II at the closing Mass of World Youth Day in 1993.</itunes:subtitle>
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