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AmericanPapist >> CNA and (Arch. of DC) Director of Communications Susan Gibbs at loggerheads Charlotte was Both >> On the laicization of bishops (discussion of John Allen commentary on Bishop Lugo of Paraguay) Charlotte was Both >> Bibles for Chinese Catholics RORATE CAELI >> Politics - Papal Reminders: Subsidiarity and Limits to Government Power - I Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English >> The Finding of the Holy Cross

This article on Ignatius Insight and titled, " Ratzinger's Faith and Reason >> In Appreciation of Tracey Rowland's 'Ratzinger's Faith: The Theology of Pope Benedict XVI' " is a book review by Fr. James V. Schall, S.J. Father Schall chooses these two paragraphs to begin his review: "Benedict believes that the Mass is a Holy Sacrifice, offered ritually as worship, not a fellowship meal, that those who attend do so for the purpose of Divine Worship, that music which is based on most contemporary popular musical forms is completely unworthy, and that everything that is related to the Mass and other liturgies of the Church should be marked by beauty. Beauty is not an optional extra or something contrary to a preferential option for the poor. It is not a scandal to clothe sacred words in silken garments. Catholics are not tone deaf philistines who will be intellectually challenged by the use of a liturgical language or put off by ch

Sandro Magister in Chiesa.com summarizes the issues of pro-abortion politicians openly receiving Communion in the U.S. in his latest article . A capsule of this story appeared in Ignatius Insight today which links to the full story here. The note to the American Bishops in June, 2004 by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger , Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is included in Magister's story.

Whispers in the Loggia >> Roman Triptik The Recovering Choir Director >> "Gregorian chanting 'can reduce blood pressure and stress '" Catholic World News >> Archbishop answers critics on Communion for politicians

A story by the Catholic News Agency confirms what has been posted on blogs and which has appeared on the F.S.S.P. website . The Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP), in cooperation with EWTN, will soon release an instructional video on the 1962 Latin Mass. A free copy will be available to any priest or seminarian who reserves the video on its web site. The video includes over three hours of footage on two DVD discs, giving a step-by-step explanation and demonstration of the Low Mass in the Extraordinary Form. The production includes multiple appendices with instructions on the general principles of gesture and movement, as well as commonly encountered variations in the elements of the Mass. Also featured is a real-time demonstration of the Mass, which is viewable from multiple camera angles on demand. A spiritual commentary on the Mass, as well as an explanation from an FSSP priest on the liturgical principles of the Extraordinary Form are also included. Dario Cardinal Castr

WDTPRS >> Sunday after Ascension Thursday The New Liturgical Movement >> Chant on the Verge of Another Commercial Success

Katie Sechrist of Mount Saint Mary's reported April 30th in " The Mountain Echo " that FOCUS is coming to campus this coming Fall . Here is a snippet from Katie's article: "FOCUS will be coming at the invitation of the archbishop of Baltimore and President Powell, there is a great desire for scripture and FOCUS provides trained individuals for that, they will also reach out to others. This will supplement what Campus Ministry is doing," said Msgr. Swetland, who is the East Coast chaplain for FOCUS and will be involved with their training as well as newly appointed Chaplain and Director of Campus Ministry, Fr. Brian Nolan. In order for a team from FOCUS to come to a university, the bishop of that diocese must approve. Since there has been a transition within the diocese, one of the first things that Archbishop Edwin O'Brian did was approve for the group to come to the Mount at the request of President Powell. Please read the article linked here ! Here

Charlotte was Both >> It's official (Archbishop Harry Flynn has retired and his coadjutor, John Nienstedt, is the new Archbishop of Minneapolis-St. Paul) D.C. Catholic >> ADW Spokesperson refuses to give further comment on pro-abortion politicians First Things: On the Square >> Benedict and the Human Face of God (Fr. Richard John Neuhaus) Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English >> Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

Jeffrey Tucker of The New Liturgical Movement has a piece on music that is very insightful . I'll let you read it and ponder your feelings on the matter.

Catholic Review Online carries a story by Regina Linskey of Catholic News Service . The story states in its lead: “In no cases does CRS promote, purchase or distribute condoms,” said Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of Milwaukee, CRS chairman, in the letter obtained April 29 by Catholic News Service. Saying that “all HIV programs supported by CRS promote abstinence until marriage and mutual fidelity within marriage,” Archbishop Dolan noted that CRS’ positions “are fully in keeping with (U.S. bishops’) conference policies.” CRS is the U.S. bishops’ international relief and development agency. Read the full story here .

This is an important article by Patrick C. Beeman on the future of the profession of medicine . To take a snippet from the opening of this article: Where is the profession of medicine going? Has it become simply applied biology, another “job” among equally good ways of earning a living? What kind of person should the physician be? What about bioethics? Is patient autonomy the only viable moral absolute? Oh, and—who is Dr. Edmund Pellegrino? In The Philosophy of Medicine Reborn: A Pellegrino Reader , Tristram Engelhardt, a bellwether of bioethics, and Fabrice Jotterand, who holds a dual appointment within the University of Texas system as assistant professor of philosophy and “psychiatry and clinical sciences,” have answered these questions by offering nineteen selections from Edmund Pellegrino’s six hundred articles and twenty-four books. At one time or another, Pellegrino was director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics; president of the Catholic University of America; professor of

The "roundup" for today has several very important articles about which you should be aware. I will place these three items "first" in the "roundup list" and mark them in maroon. Please be sure to read them! The New Liturgical Movement >> Important Assertions by Cardinal Castrillon The New Liturgical Movement >> Dr. Alcuin Reid on the Transfer of Holy Days of Obligation WDTPRS >> Alcuin Reid on the Transfer of Feasts in the Traditional Roman Calendar to Sundays (more commentary on the same subject above) LatinMassNetwork : Saint Joseph the Worker WDTPRS >> Archd. of Washington D.C. responds, sort of, about Senators receiving Communion at papal Mass