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RORATE CAELI >> A new altar for the Cathedra of Saint Peter ? FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Why this Election is About the Freedom of Religion (Fr. Richard John Neuhaus) WDTPRS >> Holy See on use of psychology in priestly formation WDTPRS >> Something disgusting and evil but very instructive The New Liturgical Movement >> The Vesting of a Bishop in the Pontifical Rites of the Usus Antiquior www.Chiesa.com >> A Philosopher Reissues the Pope's Wager: To Live as if God Exists (Sandro Magister)

www.Chiesa.com >> While Rome Talks, Québec Has Already Been Lost (Sandro Magister) St. Peter Canisius Apostolate >> The Word and the Trinity Summorum Pontificum >> Trad bloggers finally touching the Third Rail WDTPRS >> NCR: Richard McBrien interview on “one issue” politics Whispers in the Loggia >> Fall of the Philippines ?

FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> A Vote for Sarah Palin (Suann Therese Maier) RORATE CAELI >> Where there is smoke (reform of the Modern Liturgy under consideration?) Summorum Pontificum >> Advocatus Diaboli: The Supply Side The Recovering Choir Director >> Starting this Sunday: weekly Extraordinary Form Mass at St. Matthew’s, Dix Hills WDTPRS >> USCCB fact sheet about the Church's teaching on human life Whispers in the Loggia >> Pelosi, by George (Cardinal, that is...) www.Chiesa.com >> Ratzinger the Professor, as Recounted by His Former Students (Sandro Magister)

www.Chiesa.com >> Obama's Pick for Vice President Is Catholic. But the Bishops Deny Him Communion (Sandro Magister) St. Peter Canisius Apostolate >> Negative Theology The New Liturgical Movement >> Recordings from Mater Ecclesiae's Assumption Mass WDTPRS >> What Does Augustine Really Say? (What does Pelosi not understand?) WDTPRS >> Newspaper of Archd. of SanFran on Speaker Pelosi

www.Chiesa.com >> How to Conduct Politics as Catholics. The Denver Memorandum (Sandro Magister) Creative Minority Report >> Fr. Barron on the New Batman Movie Creative Minority Report >> 72 Abortions for Every 100 Babies Born! Summorum Pontificum >> Attention Evil Traditionalists ! (Patrick Archbold) The New Liturgical Movement >> Recent Ordinations at Le Barroux by Cardinal Rode The New Liturgical Movement >> Topic Ideas (Deborah Morlani)

www.Chiesa.com: Focus >> The Pope Theologian Says: The Proof of God Is Beauty FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Cum Mortuis in Lingua Mortua (Joseph Bottum) Shrine of the Holy Whapping >> Feast of Saint Clare St. Peter Canisius Apostolate >> Reflections on Sacrosanctum Concilium , Part 6: The Wondrous Sacrament of the Church The New Liturgical Movement >> The FSSP in Mexico The New Liturgical Movement >> More Benedictine Arrangements

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf examines the marvelous report in www.Chiesa Forum by Sandro Magister posted today (link in Early Roundup and also here ) in great detail. He then adds his commentary which is quite valuable. I strongly suggest reading both Magister's complete article on Cardinal Kasper's address and the analysis on WDTPRS.

www.Chiesa: Focus >> At Lambeth, Cardinal Kasper Calls for Another Newman (Sandro Magister) RORATE CAELI >> A Historian Observes the Catholic Moment. One year of Summorum Pontificum and the SSPX (Professor Luc Perrin) The Recovering Choir Director >> Juventutem photos - final list (Aristotle returns to posting!) St. Peter Canisius Apostolate >> Friday: a Day of Penance (this is also discussed at length by Jimmy Akin for further reading) Standing on My Head >> Kolbe and Therese (two of my favorite saints!)

Sandro Magister's weekly post is on the Vatican Library . While the actual library is closed for extensive renovations, the material accessible via the internet now is amazing. The new website provides news on the status of the restoration work. But above all, it gives access to the catalogs of the works kept in the library. The main new development is that in addition to the catalog for printed works, there is now also a catalog for manuscripts. For now, it contains a limited amount of information. But it has already been supplemented – for the manuscripts accompanied by complete descriptions – with a selection of images freely available for view. Read more here .

AmericanPapist >> On leaving Mass right after Communion AmericanPapist >> Confraternity of Catholic Clergy defends Humanae Vitae on its 40th Anniversary The Black Biretta >> News Bytes: Clash of Opinions on Humanae Vitae (NB: Fr. John Trigilio who posts the blog, The Black Biretta , is President of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy) www.Chiesa : Focus >> From the "New World" Symphony of Benedict XVI. An Anthology (Sandro Magister) FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> Christopher Nolan's Achievement: The Dark Knight (Thomas S. Hibbs) The New Liturgical Movement >> More from the recent ICRSS Ordinations The Way of the Fathers >> Virtual Bible (namely, the Codex Sinaiticus) Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English >> Saint Mary Magdalen

Focus - www.Chiesa.com >> In Mecca, a King is Giving Lessons in Peace (Sandro Magister) Whispers in the Loggia >> SSPX: "We Are the True Catholics"; Down With WYD "Happy Party" AmericanPapist >> Commentary: LA bishops' statement about "Gay Marriage " (PDF file format) AmericanPapist >> Jill Stanek asks pro-lifers to "Stand with Phill " Standing on My Head >> Something to Cheer About (Pope Benedict's address to WYD) The New Liturgical Movement >> News from Dublin, Ireland (Photos of traditional Confirmations...beautiful!)

RORATE CAELI >> Castrillón satisfied with SSPX answer - SSPX will give heed to the five points Charlotte was Both >> Meanwhile, in Canterbury Chiesa.com >> Pauline Year: The Ecumenical Dream of Pope Benedict (Sandro Magister) FIRST THINGS: On the Square >> The Human Experience (Amanda Shaw) Traditional Latin Mass Propers in English >> The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Chiesa.com >> "The Pope Does Not Put on Prada, but Christ" (a marvelous article by Sandro Magister) The New Liturgical Movement >> Magister on the Marini Interview (Gregor Kollmorgen comments on the article above) Creative Minority Report >> Doomed! Big Fireball. Doomed. (putative apocalyptic visions ascribed to the Blessed Virgin to Gianna Talone-Sullivan ) LatinMassNetwork >> St. Irenaeus

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)

Sandro Magister has a fascinating post in Chiesa.com about the necropolis uncovered beneath the floor of St. Peter's Basilica . When the emperor Constantine built the basilica, in the fourth century, he wanted the apse to be set right above the tomb of the apostle. And to bring the nave up to the same level, he had covered with earth all of the tombs that, after Peter's, sloped gently down toward the Tiber river. In the 16th century, a larger basilica, the current one, was built in place of Constantine's, and at a higher level. In any case, for sixteen centuries no one excavated beneath the floor of the basilica. It was Pius XII, in 1939, who began the archaeological exploration. And in a few years the digging uncovered not only the tomb of Peter, beneath the main altar of the basilica, but also 22 other tombs lined up along the ancient road, for a stretch of about 70 meters, about 10 meters beneath the central nave of the church. In 1998, the Vatican authorities ordered

Sandro Magister has an interesting article on the Church in Vietnam in the latest edition of Chiesa.com . Here is a look at his observations: On each of these occasions, the prompting was the request for the return of land and buildings confiscated from the Church by the regime. In the north of the country, the confiscations go back to the 1950's, when the communists took power, and in the south to after 1975. And the first and most important demand concerns the building that at one time hosted the pontifical delegation in Hanoi, next to the archbishop's residence and the cathedral of St. Joseph. The building was requisitioned in 1959, and is now used as a restaurant. Last December 15, the archbishop of Hanoi, Joseph Ngô Quan Kiêt, asked for the building to be given back, and called upon the faithful to pray that justice be done. The faithful took him at his word. Since December 18, every evening, they have gathered in front of the fence outside the former nunciature, praying

Sandro Magister in Chiesa.com summarizes the issues of pro-abortion politicians openly receiving Communion in the U.S. in his latest article . A capsule of this story appeared in Ignatius Insight today which links to the full story here. The note to the American Bishops in June, 2004 by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger , Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is included in Magister's story.

Sandro Magister of Chiesa.com has an excellent post on the "Catholic Biblical Federation...survey in thirteen countries on "The reading of the Scriptures. " The results are quite interesting to say the least. The survey is in preparation for the Synod of Bishops in October.

WWW.Chiesa Online published two stories relating to the Baptism of Magdi Cristiano Allam by Sandro Magister. The first is here and the second, published today, is here .

Jeffrey Tucker of the New Liturgical Movement has found a gem: the Divine Office is now online ! Note that I have added this link to the menu on the right to my Blogroll and Favorite Websites under " Divinum Officium ". Father John Zuhlsdorf has found an entry on Sandro Magister's blog in which the gentleman decries the TV coverage of Papal Liturgies. Read more here .