Traditional Latin Mass in Maryland

Fr. Zuhlsdorf has an open discussion going on the two big stories of the day. First, the story broken by The New Liturgical Movement concerning the offer to the SSPX to "regularize ." And, the second story reported by Sandro Magister of Chiesa which recounts the changes to be made by he Neo-Cathechumenals .

Chiesa.com >> The Old Form of the Neocatechumenal Mass Is Illicit (Sandro Magister) RORATE CAELI >> Tornielli: SSPX-Rome Agreement near Summorum Pontificum >> Return of the SSPX? The New Liturgical Movement >> Tornielli: Agreement between Holy See and Lefebvrians - the Countdown [UPDATE] (Gregor Kollmorgen)

WDTPRS >> BBC: Church 'comback' for Latin Mass The New Liturgical Movement >> Catholic World News: Liturgical changes required for Neocatechumenal Way WDTPRS >> Concelebration The New Liturgical Movement >> Notre Dame de Paris WDTPRS >> QUAERITUR: a presiding but non-celebrating bishop’s Communion WDTPRS >> Boston Globe article on the closing of Southie’s Holy Trinity Church

The news has been making its way around the blogosphere ( see RORATE CAELI, for example ). Now, two sources have both confirmed that the Neocatechumenal Way has received final approval of its statutes. Both the Catholic News Agency and Zenit are carrying the story.

RORATE CAELI >> Statutes of the Neocatechumenal Way definitively approved L'Osservatore Romano WDTPRS >> L’OssRom: Neo-Cat Stats approved by Holy See (Fr. Zuhlsdorf comments on the story above) WDTPRS >> Excommunicated Bishop Williamson speaks out (a detailed commentary on the "exclusive" story from RORATE CAELI) CNS >> Cardinals Foley, Brady and DiNardo appointed to positions by the Pope (detailed list of appointments to Vatican congregations and councils from Catholic News Service)

RORATE CAELI >> Neocatechumenal Way statutes definitively approved by the Pope ? (There seems to be some confusion as to whether the changes requested in 2005 regarding Liturgy have been incorporated...stay tuned) The New Liturgical Movement >> More on Corpus Christi from Rome (Gregor Kollmorgen with lots of photos) What Does the Prayer Really Say >> Oriole sightings and others (sorry, but Oriole sightings are big news in this location!) Whispers in the Loggia >> Patriarch in the Oval ( Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Nasrallah Pierre Sfeir with President Bush) FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Please, We're Not That Kind of Evangelical (Fr. Richard John Neuhaus)