Morning - St. Ambrose, Bishop, Confessor & Doctor - December 7th, 2009

• American Papist >> Today: pro-life amendment in Senate
• Anna Arco's Diary >> In the depths of decline, who will lead the Belgian Church
• A Priest Life >> PriestYear "Priest in Focus": Father Dan Leary
• ADW Blog >> Exactly Backwards! The World and Our Faith
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> "There Is a God." How the Italian Church Is Preparing for Christmas
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Minarets in Switzerland and Crucifixes in Italy
• Insight Scoop >> More on bringing back Latin... (Fr. Kenneth Baker)
• Insight Scoop >> The Decline of Dogma and the Decline of Church Membership (Ronald Knox)
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> S. Ambrose: "rise"
• Mulier Fortis >> Many Blessings...
• The Catholic Thing >> Lessons of the Season, Seen and Unseen (Hadley Arkes)
• The League of Bearded Catholics >> A Reformed Islam?
• The Way of the Fathers >> Go Directly to Jail