Noon Roundup - Seven Holy Servite Founders, Confessors - Ss. Septem Fundat. Ord. Servorum B. M. V. - Missa 'Iusti Decantaverunt' - February 12th, 2013

• AlwaysCatholic.com >> “The Lord has allowed you to live in this moment of history” – Benedictus XVI
• Ask Sister Mary Martha >> What the Pope Gave Up for Lent
• Catholic Answers >> The Only Solution to Our Population Crisis  (Todd Aglialoro)
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> Pope’s announcement stuns world leaders  (Dennis Sadowski)
• Catholicseeking (Helen Gonsalves) >> Vatican confirms pope has had pacemaker for years 
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> Book Notes
• Creative Minority Report >> Bad Reporting
• Crisis Magazine >> The Radical Return to Ratzinger  (Sean Fitzpatrick)
• Crisis Magazine >> Pope Benedict XVI’s Musical Legacy  (Jeffrey Tucker)
• Damian Thompson >> Ten reasons for Catholics to give thanks for Pope Benedict
• Dymphna's Road >> Farewell, Holy Father 
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Benedict: Last of the Heroic Generation  (R.R. Reno)
• Godzdogz (The English Dominican Studentate) >> Pope Benedict XVI's abdication
• HOLY SOULS HERMITAGE (Fr. George David Byers) >> The Agony of Pope Benedict XVI — Let’s understand this in solidarity — Welcome to what it means to be a hermit, Holy Father
• HOLY SOULS HERMITAGE (Fr. George David Byers) >> How to be in solidarity with the Holy Father: Going beyond saying “Thanks”
• HOLY SOULS HERMITAGE (Fr. George David Byers) >> The moment it all hit home for Benedict XVI, captured on film
• In the Light of the Law (Dr. Edward Peters) >> When will the conclave start?
• JIMMY AKIN.ORG >> Here’s how you can express your love for Pope Benedict
• LES FEMMES - THE TRUTH (Mary Ann Kreitzer) >> Mike Voris Weighs in on Papal Resignation
• Meeting Christ in the Liturgy >> “Be fertile and multiply"
• Mulier Fortis (Mac McLernon) >> Further Reactions To The News...
• New Liturgical Movement >> Quo Vadis?: The New Liturgical Movement Post-Benedict XVI  (Shawn Tribe)
• On This Rock (Father John Hollowell) >> Saint Peter's Square on Resignation Night
• RORATE CÆLI >> The Great Elector - Der Große Kurfürst
• RORATE CÆLI >> Penance! Penance! Penance!  Penance for the Church
• SANCTE PATER (Vincenzo) >> Lightning Strikes St. Peter's Basilica After Pope Benedict XVI Resigns
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> SADNESS, EXCITMENT AND ANXIETY: CHARTING A NEW COURSE WITH A NEW POPE AND A POPE EMERITUS
• Standing on My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> Is the Next Pope the Last Pope?
• Standing on My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> Media Madness about Catholicism
• Te Deum laudamus! (Diane M. Korzeniewski, OCDS) >> On Pope Benedict XVI: From disbelief, to unsettled and fearful; and, finally to understanding and acceptance
• The Catholic Thing >> Victories Made Bitter  (Hadley Arkes)
• The Chant Café >> Weakness of Body, Not of Mind or Spirit
• The hermeneutic of continuity (Fr. Tim Finigan) >> Shut it!  (Bravo!)
• V for Victory! (Anita Moore, O.P., Esq.) >> The Holy Father Steps Down
• Whispers in the Loggia (Rocco Palmo) >> Quote of the Day