Morning Roundup - St. Clare, Virgin - S. Clarae Virginis - Missa 'Dilexisti' - August 12th, 2014 - Propers

• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> How did People Tell Time in Jesus’ Day?
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Simon Caldwell) >> Iraqi Christians ‘dying in crowded refugee camps’
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Francis Phillips) >> Why the thought of organ donation makes me nervous
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Lord Alton of Liverpool) >> The international community is failing its obligation to protect Iraq’s persecuted minorities
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Francis X Rocca) >> Vatican calls on Muslim leaders to condemn Islamic State ‘barbarity’
• Catholic Stand (Denise J. Hunnell, MD) >> When Life Begins and Why It Matters
• Catholic Stand (Lisa Shefferly-Gillay) >> Renewal and a New Set of Tires to Boot
• Creative Minority Report (Matthew Archbold) >> California Gov. Jerry Brown: Where all the Rich White Babies At
• Crisis Magazine (Anne Hendershott) >> Will the New AIDS Pill Promote Promiscuity?
• Crisis Magazine (Dusty Gates) >> “Worshipping the Devil by Default”
• Da Mihi Animas (Padre Steve) >> Saint of the day: Jane Frances de Chantel 
• Dominicana Blog (Br. Isaac Augustine Morales, O.P.) >> Holy Rivalry
• Dymphna's Road >> Holy Family
• First Thoughts (Robert P. George) >> A Plea on Behalf of Victims of Barbarism in Iraq
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> VIDEO Rescue mission to Mount Sinjar
• Human Exceptionalism (National Review Online; Wesley J. Smith) >> Are All Abortions "Medically Necessary?"
• Joe Catholic (Don Gonzalez) >> Navarre Bible Commentary:Tuesday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time
• Lectio Divina Notes (Kate Edwards) >> St Luke 11: 5-13
• Musings of a Pertinacious Papist >> Damian Thompson on the Pope's hatred of Vatican corruption
• Pundit & Pundette >> Robin Williams, RIP
• Regina Magazine (Beverly Stevens) >> Traditional Catholic University Students
• SANCTE PATER  (Vincenzo) >> Chaldean Patriarch calls for ARMED RESPONSE to defend Christians from Genocide
• The Catholic Thing (Hadley Arkes) >> The Seduction of Changing the Culture
• Word on Fire Blog >> The Comedy of the Cross