Noon Roundup - Feria of Lent - Feria Quarta infra Hebdomadam IV in Quadragesima - Missa 'Cum Sanctificatus' - March 13th, 2013

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> We Need the Pope, do not doubt it, as some do.
• Catholic Answers >> And So . . . It Begins.  (Jimmy Akin)
• Catholic World Report - Blog >> Black smoke this morning. Two more rounds of voting this afternoon.  (Catherine Harmon)
• Catholicseeking (Helen Gonsalves) >> Round 2: Still no Pope. Black Smoke comes out of Sistine Chapel
• Church of the Masses (Barbara Nicolosi) >> Why All the Fuss?
• Crisis Magazine >> Sede Vacante 2013: Between Tradition and Novelty  (Rev. Dr. Athanasius McVay)
• Daily Meditations with Fr. Alfonse >> John 5:17-30 The Father At Work In Us
• FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> The Dynamics of Conclave 2013   (George Weigel)
• Godzdogz (The English Dominican Studentate) >> Wednesday of the Fourth Week of Lent - The Awesome Promise of Salvation  (Gregory Pearson OP)
• HOLY SOULS HERMITAGE (Fr. George David Byers) >> My soul feels as black as the smoke coming out of the Conclave chimney
• Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog (Carl Olson) >> Bishop Robert F. Vasa: The CWR Interview
• New Liturgical Movement >> The New Pope and the Room of Tears
• On This Rock (Father John Hollowell) >> Best of Pope Benedict # 5
• OSV Daily Take >> Ivereigh in Rome: Notes on conclave day one
• RORATE CÆLI >> Yikes! Paul?... 
• RORATE CÆLI >> National Review: "The New Pope and the Old Mass"
• The Moynihan Letters (Robert Moynihan, PhD) >> Letter #44: Black Smoke…
• The Moynihan Letters (Robert Moynihan, PhD) >> Special Message to My Readers
• The Sensible Bond >> Ches fiddles while the ballots burn
• These Stone Walls (Fr. Gordon MacRae) >> On the Successor of Peter Amid the Wind and the Waves
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> LENTCAzT 29 Wednesday 4th Week of Lent – We are covered by many forms of dirt.
• What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> A seminarian reports on his seminary’s plans for the announcement of the next Pope
• Whispers in the Loggia >> Three Down, More To Go
• Word On Fire Blog >> Lent: Reflections from CATHOLICISM, Week 5