Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Catholic Online picks up a story reported by LifeSiteNews. Archbishop Burke, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura, has some interesting things to say about CNS, the Catholic News Service . Archbishop Burke, the former Archbishop of St. Louise Mo. and recently appointed head of the highest ecclesiastical court in the Catholic Church, told LifeSiteNews.com that although “there were a greater number of bishops who spoke up very clearly and firmly ... there was also a number who did not.” But most damaging, he said, was the document “Faithful Citizenship” that “led to confusion” among the voting Catholic population. “While it stated that the issue of life was the first and most important issue, it went on in some specific areas to say ‘but there are other issues’ that are of comparable importance without making necessary distinctions.” Read the entire story here .

A number of very poignant posts have suddenly "popped onto the screen" this afternoon. Among them: Catholic World News >> Pope supports organ transplants-- with caution for the donor's death with dignity CNA >> Becket Fund to Award Canterbury Medal to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap . ZENIT >> The Facts of When Human Life Begins | Interview With Maureen Condic of the Westchester Institute (this is a powerful "White Paper" story from a leading human embryologist) Whispers in the Loggia >> On Eucharistic Consistency (Bishop John Ricard, SSJ, Pensacola, FL) Whispers in the Loggia >> Back to the Drawing Board ("Faithful Citizenship" to be revisited)

Charlotte was Both >> Quo Vadis, Faithful Citizenship (Amy Wellborn posts a great article on the "Faithful Citizenship" document from the American Bishops. "Fr. Steve" suggests that the comment by "Clayton" be sent to every Bishop in the U.S. I am hereby doing my part. Please read it, Excellencies!) The New Liturgical Movement >> Cardinal Caffarra: Usus Antiquior Expresses Hermeneutic of Continuity WDTPRS >> A good use for OCP products (Amen!) Whispers in the Loggia >> Vice-Pope: "Pius Proceeds" (no "freeze" on Pope Pius XII apparently)