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Great news linked to the blog Summorum Pontificum ! Laus Deo! Go Irish!

Jeff Miller who writes the blog, The Curt Jester , has written an unsolicited review of the book, Questions and Answers by Pope Benedict XVI (Our Sunday Visitor). Here is a short take on his thoughts: I just finished Questions and Answers by Pope Benedict XVI put out by Our Sunday Visitor which is a collection of various question and answer sessions from various audiences that includes sessions with children, youth, and clergy at multiple locations. This is a very worthwhile collection and with the amount of these type sessions I am sure we will see more of these books in the future. Pope Benedict XVI really opens himself up to these types of sessions which I think for the most part is quite unique in the history of the Church. The questions themselves are interesting, but it is the way the pope answers these questions in his own style that is quite remarkable. Reading through his sometimes lengthy answers you would think he had days to work on responses to questions put before him a

Dr. Phil Blosser has posted an interesting analysis of Summorum Pontificum by Michael P. Foley on his blog, " Pertinacious Papist ." The piece he posts consists of excerpts from a much longer article from his blog, Scripture and Tradition . The article is well worth reading! Note too that I have added Pertinacious Papist to my Blogroll!

Edward N. Peters, JD, JCD , has a marvelous blog called " In the Light of the Law " that deals with issues of Canon Law. It seems that in Dr. Peters' view, National Catholic Reporter correspondent, Joe Feuerherd , has gotten himself into "big" trouble with some published comments. Read the story and reasons why here ....

A detailed new study reported by CNS and conducted by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has revealed that the United States is on the verge of becoming a "minority Protestant country." Here is a brief snippet from the study: Though the Catholic proportion of the population has held steady at one fourth of the U.S. population, approximately one-third of the survey respondents who were raised Catholic no longer describe themselves as Catholic. According to the Pew Forum report, this means around ten percent of all Americans are former Catholics. Though converts have offset some of the numbers of Catholics who have left the Church, the disproportionately high number of Catholics among immigrants is most responsible for keeping the Catholic population stable. Latinos now account for 45 percent of American Catholics aged 18-29. Read the full story here .

Shawn Tribe posts a beautiful story concerning St. Albertus Church in Detroit . The TLM is the first celebrated there since Vatican II. The photos are marvelous!

The latest newsletter from Human Life International President Father Thomas J. Euteneuer dated February 25th pulls no punches : We are just five months away from the 40th anniversary of the papal encyclical on birth control, entitled Humanae Vitae , and I am writing to ask your assistance in a project that I hope will impact thousands of men responsible for this marvelous teaching—our priests and seminarians. The project is simple: to send to as many priests and seminarians as possible a new email newsletter that is dedicated to educating them on the teaching of this encyclical. In a moment, I will tell you how you can help me in this project, but first let me explain why this is important. There are two complaints that I have heard in literally every one of the 50+ countries I have visited. Complaint one is that priests don't preach enough about abortion. That is painfully

Joseph Bottum of the Catholic Magazine, First Things , reminds us that he will be in Washington, D.C. on March 17th, 2008 : [...] On Monday, March 17, at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Called “Living with the Dead: Why Cities Need Cemeteries and Nations Need Memorials,” it’s at 7:00 pm in the ICC auditorium . Cosponsored by the Tocqueville Forum at Georgetown and National Civic Art Society , the lecture is a specific application to civil architecture and urban design of the work I did in “ Death & Politics ,” the long essay on the centrality of grief to political theory that appeared this summer in First Things . The respondents will be National Endowment for the Arts chairman Dana Gioia, the New Criterion ’s Roger Kimball, and the architectural historian Denis McNamara. A reception will follow the lecture, I’m told. The events is open to the public, and no RSVP is needed, although you might drop them an email to say you’re coming, so they can get a rough count for t

The Catholic News Agency reports that the Holy Father today reaffirmed the Church's stance against euthanasia : Pope Benedict received participants in an international congress entitled: "Close by the Incurable Sick Person and the Dying: Scientific and Ethical Aspects" today and reiterated that the Church is against all forms of euthanasia . The event which brought the specialists to the Vatican is being promoted by the Pontifical Academy for Life as part of their general assembly. The gathering will take place in the Vatican over the coming days. [...] Benedict XVI also spoke of the larger societal dimension of respecting those who are ill or dying. All society "is called to respect the life and dignity of the seriously ill and the dying", he said. "Though aware of the fact that 'it is not science that redeems man', all society, and in particular the sectors associated with medical science, are duty bound to express the solidarity of love, and t

Shawn Tribe posts a nice story from Le Forum Catholique on the congratulations sent by President Sarkozy of France to the four Catholic Traditionalist Deacons ordained Saturday .

Searching for a job? Sacred Heart Media, LLC , has an amazing treasure called " CatholicJobs.com ." The site allows someone to select a geographical area or a job position, and to see what kind of job is out there. I know for a fact that entities within the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Washington both use this service. Note also the myCatholic.com webpage hyperlink . This amazing service allows someone to have a Catholic home page and to select the "content feed" on the page. I have used it for several years. You can select not only the content but the "layout" as well. It is great for loading religious and secular news, Mass readings, selections from the Catechism, sports, favorite blogs, finance and so on. It is a treasure of a web portal for all things Catholic!

New Catholic reports that Archbishop Malcolm Ranjith , Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, debunks a story appearing in " La Stampa ." The Italian story purports that a " Reform of the Reform " is about to be handed down. Other news outlets are carrying similar stories; Fr. Z. of WDTPRS has a good deal of commentary on this.