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Early Roundup - Tuesday, June 17th, 2008

WDTPRS >> More on what Card. Castrillon Hoyos said to the press in London about the TLM (If you check the post immediately below, you will see that what the Cardinal said to the press is not what was released in his formal comments to the Latin Mass Society as transcribed ; that needs to be stated clearly) WDTPRS >> How should people receive Communion? Pope Benedict sets example… again WDTPRS >> Some photos of Card. Castrillon Hoyos’ Mass at Westminster Cathedral RORATE CAELI >> Curial changes in motion RORATE CAELI >> Pontificalis Romani : The new Episcopal Ordinal

Whispers in the Loggia: From the Plane

Rocco Palmo of Whispers in the Loggia has a really nice story about the trans-Atlantic flight and the "press conference" which took place . The National Catholic Reporter's, John Allen, has a full transcript which he has posted (link in the Whispers link). One comment made is of interest to readers in the Archdiocese of Baltimore: Benedict XVI: My trip has basically two objectives. The first is a visit to the church in America, in the United States, and naturally also the entire country. There’s a particular motive, which is that 200 years ago the Archdiocese of Baltimore was elevated as a metropolitan archdiocese, and at the same moment two or three other dioceses were created … Philadelphia, Boston, Louisville. It’s a great jubilee for the church in the United States. It’s a moment of reflection on the past, but also on the future, on how to respond to the great challenges of our time that will present themselves in the future. Read more here .