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Today, Rocco Palmo of Whispers in the Loggia posts a story on the religious history of Baltimore, the "Premier See ." It is a beautiful story and a must read which includes videos. Mr. Palmo also includes a link to the homily of Archbishop Edwin O'Brien (found on the Archdiocesan webpage), and a podcast link for the lecture by Archbishop Timothy Dolan of Milwaukee (the first lecture in a series). Thanks, Rocco!

Rocco Palmo of Whispers in the Loggia posted this today . It is an astounding reflection and deeply personal at the end. I urge you to read it through. It is a MUST read.

The New Liturgical Movement : The Question of Vernacular Readings in the Usus Antiquior: An Answer ? (A response to a question to the PCED) The New Liturgical Movement : The Announcement of the Beatification of Cardinal Henry John Newman ? Whispers in the Loggia: Discourse of Pope Benedict XVI to the Representatives of Other Christian Communities

AmericanPapist : Video - Bush Praises Pope Today Whispers in the Loggia : At the Synagogue The Recovering Choir Director : Propers for the Votive Mass for the Universal Church (with audio and translations) The New Liturgical Movement : Jeffrey Tucker, "Catholic Music: Hope or Despair" What Does the Prayer Really Say : Archbp. of Anchorage, again on Summorum Pontificum

Standing on My Head : Fr. Dwight Longenecker has a "New Poem" and it is marvelous ! Whispers in the Loggia : Address of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Nations Organization The New Liturgical Movement : High-Voice Gregorian Chant Video First Things: On the Square >> Friday of Good Shepherd Sunday (commentary by Fr. Richard John Neuhaus)

Amy Wellborn on "Listen and Learn" (with some comments on her story last night and on the Holy Father's visit) RORATE CAELI : " Salvation Comes from the Jews " The Black Biretta : "Reverence, Balance and Good Taste" The New Liturgical Movement : Videos of Papal Visit (links by Gregor Kollmorgen to important repositories) The New Liturgical Movement : Papal Vespers - A View from the Sacristy (with thanks to the Dominicans!) Whispers in the Loggia : He Apologized... He Understood

AmericanPapist : Reactions to Pope Benedict's Speech to U.S. Bishops ("In a phrase, it's turning heads") AmericanPapist : President Bush to Pope: "Awesome Speech your Holiness" The New Liturgical Movement : More from Washington Papal Vespers The New Liturgical Movement : The Catholic Songbook for All Time (the Graduale Romanum or Roman Gradual) The New Liturgical Movement : Two Gregorian Concerts in Washington, This Weekend Whispers in the Loggia : Pope Takes the Field

Update from Rocco, Part II: Whispers in the Loggia : Address of Pope Benedict to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (in addition, three questions were also asked of the Holy Father which he answered at some length ) The New Liturgical Movement : Music for Vespers at the Shrine (good reviews!) AmericanPapist : Videos and Photos from the Visit to the Shrine

AmericanPapist : Vital info for the DC Papal Mass on Thursday WDTPRS : John Allen's transcript of the Pope's presser on the airplane Whispers in the Loggia : Wednesday on the Pope Trail Whispers in the Loggia : At the Pope's Mission, Might Ain't Right

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 .

Creative Minority Report : Closet Catholic in the White House ? The New Liturgical Movement : The Importance of Papal Liturgies as Examples Whispers in the Loggia : Backstories AmericanPapist : DC Parish Offers 24 Hour Prayer During Papal Visit AmericanPapist : Quote: Pope Benedict Speaks to Youth at His First Mass as Pope AmericanPapist : Rumor: Bishop Thomas Wenski Bound for Detroit? Touchdown is set for 4:00 PM EDT...

WDTPRS : Fr. Zuhlsdorf adds a bit of skepticism to the story posted by RORATE CAELI on rumors about the Curial positions of Archbishops Amato and Ranjith WDTPRS : The Curt Jester "pages" Fr. Zuhlsdorf on a Latin translation making the rounds Whispers in the Loggia : On Things Liturgical The New Liturgical Movement : Update on the Pope in the US - Some Previews of What We Might See

Rocco Palmo of Whispers in the Loggia polishes up a superb idea from the blog Pewsitter.com ! The Pewsitter blog writes : Well instead of sending, an instant message when Benedict XVI arrives in the United States… every Catholic parish in the country should ring their church bells for ten minutes to joyfully welcome the Bishop of Rome. Communities should [ask or encourage their parishes to] participate in the joyful welcome of the Holy Father on April 15 [Tuesday]. Precisely at 4:00 PM, EDT, Benedict’s Catholic flock should participate in the joyful ringing of Catholic Church bells throughout the United States. Rocco thinks (as do I) that ten minutes might be a bit "much." It also leaves out Parishes without bells. So, Palmo suggests: In addition to this, even for those places without bells, maybe the hour of arrival -- again, 4 PM Eastern on Tuesday (3 Central, 2 Mountain, 1 Pacific, Noon in Alaska, and 10am on Hawaii) -- could be marked across the trenches with s

Whispers in the Loggia : Priest, Prophet...and King (Bishop-Elect Taylor, Little Rock) WDTPRS : Update: Celebrating ad orientem: "I am not the focus of attention " WDTPRS : A KC priest on Denver's new Auxiliary: "This is huge! " WDTPRS : Nun saves burning man with her habit

Shawn Tribe of The New Liturgical Movement posts on "New Tradition-Friendly Bishops ." Msgr. Conley regularly celebrated the TLM in Wichita, KS it seems! Rocco Palmo of Whispers posts that "The Appointees Speak" (not on the West Coast as yet) Creative Minority Report : Kiss Religious Freedom Goodbye

Whispers in the Loggia by Rocco Palmo . NB: Monsignor Conley is a Mount Saint Mary's grad!

Creative Minority Report has a post entitled "No Latin Mass Without SSPX? " WDTPRS : America Magazine: Bp. Trautman reviews “A Challenging Reform” of Piero Marini (NB: red commentary is a major feature of this post by Fr. Zuhlsdorf!) Rocco Palmo of Whispers in the Loggi a has an interesting take on the preparations for the Holy Father's trip to the US