Late Morning Roundup - Our Lady of Lourdes - In apparitione Beatae Mariae Virginis - Missa 'Vidi Civitatem Sanctam' - February 11th, 2014

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Another Poll, Another Poor Understanding of the Nature and Purpose of the Church
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> Ukrainian Church leader asks for prayers to resolve national crisis
• CatholicHerald.co.uk >> The moment that shook the world: An eyewitness account of Benedict XVI’s resignation  (Archbishop Leo Cushley)
• Catholic-Hierarchy News (David M. Cheney) >> Hubbard retired, Scharfenberger named Albany Bishop
• Catholic Stand >> Christianity: Counterfactuals vs Faith  (Bob Kurland)
• Catholic Stand >> Agnes Sanford: A Friend Among the Communion of Saints  (Melanie Jean Juneau)
• Catholic World Report - Blog (Catherine Harmon) >> One year ago today…
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> Our Lady of Lourdes
• Charlotte was Both (Amy Welborn) >> Monday
• Chiesa.expressonline.it (Sandro Magister) >> What Remains of the Christians of the East
• Creative Minority Report (Matthew Archbold) >> Media Adoration of Possibility of Gay NFL Player
• Crisis Magazine >> Birth Control is Not Healthcare  (Marie T. Hilliard)
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Remembering Our Lady of Lourdes!
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Pope Benedict: When I Run Out of Words
• Dymphna's Road >> Nun's prayer
• Dymphna's Road >> Christ nailed to the cross
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> The Feast of our lady of Lourdes: for Latinists
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Legatus awardee John Smeaton: bishops should deny Communion to pro-abortion pols
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> Bp. DiMarzio: Obama proposes what is “shameful and criminal in the eyes of Almighty God”
• Liturgia Latina (David Forster) >> 11th February, The Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary at Lourdes.
• New Liturgical Movement >> The Iconography of the Immaculate Conception and the Litany of Loreto - A Lesson for Today from Spanish Masters  (David Clayton)
• Regina Magazine (Beverly Stevens) >> Where The Catholics Are
• RORATE CÆLI >> No, the Council of Nicea did not admit "remarried" to Communion: "Second Marriages", Distorted Historical and Theological Evidence, and a Very Grave Mistake
• RORATE CÆLI >> Benedictus vir qui confidit in Domino: Gratitude to God for the hated and despised Pope of Summorum Pontificum
• Standing on  My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) >> Eyewitness Account: The Pope Resigns
• The Catholic League >> UNIVISION’S SURVEY OF CATHOLICS
• The Catholic Thing >> Eleanor McCullen’s Day at the Court  (Hadley Arkes)
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> While the world is watching Sochi, look at what’s happened to Sarajevo
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> Brooklyn’s Msgr. Edward Scharfenberger named bishop of Albany
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> Praying in the rain at Lourdes
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> Akathist to Our Lady of Lourdes
• Whispers in the Loggia (Rocco Palmo) >> Benedict, A Year On
• Word On Fire Blog >> 10 Things to Know About Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Bernadette