Morning - Saturday of Ember Week in Advent - December 19th, 2009

• A Priest Life >> Ben Nelson threatened by anti-life forces (latest reports state that Nelson will vote for cloture...)
• A Priest Life >> Archdiocese of Washington statement on Mass attendance and inclement weather
• Creative Minority Report >> JPII and Pius XII Declared Venerable
• Insight Scoop >> Fr. Barron on abortion, health care reform, and the term "pro-choice"
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> December 19: "O Radix Jesse"
• New Liturgical Movement >> What If We Just Said Wait? We've Waited Long Enough: Counter-Petition in Support of the New English Translation of the Roman Missal
• New Liturgical Movement >> Decree on Heroic Virtues of Pius XII and John Paul II
• Standing on My Head >> What Catholics mean by 'Catholic'
• WDTPRS >> PETITION PROJECT HELP REQUEST: We’ve Waited Long Enough
• Whispers in the Loggia >> Signed, Sealed... Sainted