Morning Roundup - St. Monica, Widow - S. Monicae Viduae - Missa 'Cognovi' - May 4th, 2015

• A Priest Life (Fr. Kevin Cusick) >> Veterum Sapientia Latin Conference hosted at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. this August 2-8
• Aleteia (Tom Hoopes) >> God's Big Problem with Christians-In-Name-Only
• Archdiocese of Washington (Msgr. Charles Pope) >> Pondering Pruning – A Meditation on This Necessary Work of God in Our Lives
• Catholic Answers  (Karl Keating) >> A Different Sort of Pilgrimage
• CatholicHerald.co.uk (Fr Alexander Lucie-Smith) >> There’s no need to fear Pope Francis’s environment encyclical
• Catholic Stand (Anna Rose Meeds) >> Joining the Fellowship: Catholic Lessons from Tolkien
• Crisis Magazine (John M. Grondelski) >> Virtual Abortion Comes to Montana
• Crisis Magazine (R.J. Snell) >> Why Same-Sex “Marriage” Arguments are So Terrible
• DecentFilms.com (Steven D. Greydanus) >> Avengers: Age of Ultron
• Dominicana Journal  (Br. Bonaventure Chapman, O.P.) >> Mary, the Flower of May
• Dymphna's Road >> Michael Coren flies the coop
• Edward Feser >> Animal souls, Part II
• Fr. Hunwicke's Mutual Enrichment (Fr. John Hunwicke) >> Liberation Theology (2)
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> WDTPRS Secret and Prayer over Offerings – the SAME in both Novus Ordo and TLM!
• Fr. Z's Blog (Fr. John Zuhlsdorf) >> ACTION ITEM! US CLERGY! Sign letter urging Synod to uphold Catholic teaching on marriage and family!
• Human Exceptionalism (National Review Online; Wesley J. Smith) >> Pushing "Social Justice" Medical Bigotry
• MondayVatican (Andrea Gagliarducci) >> Pope Francis, the Papacy of the media and the real Papacy
• Musings of a Pertinacious Papist >> Fr. Perrone on San Francisco's Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone
• One Mad Mom >> Go see Little Boy!
• One Mad Mom >> Sam the Spin Doctor
• OnePeterFive (Brian Williams) >> Orchestral Mass in Charlotte This Past Weekend
• RORATE CÆLI (New Catholic) >> Antonio Socci: "Dear Pope Francis, we adore God, not men"
• SOUTHERN ORDERS (Fr. Allan J. McDonald) >> BUCKING LITURGISTS AT ANY TIME BUT ESPECIALLY AT FIRST HOLY COMMUNION! NO APPLAUSE PLEASE!
• The Catholic Thing (Brad Miner) >> Catholic Beverages
• The Catholic Thing (Damian Thompson) >> Did the KGB create Liberation Theology?
• The Deacon's Bench (Deacon Greg Kandra) >> Ahead of the Synod, proposing a change for the Sacrament of Penance
• Traditional Catholic Priest (Fr. Peter Carota) >> St. Monica May 4
• Vultus Christi (Dom Mark Daniel Kirby) >> Ecce adsum