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…he’s a Jaguars fan. (The best I could do, rushing to get the camera out and making sure two Wild Boys were still in sight…) One more, after the jump

…from here and there. Just grabbing links as I roam. Literally. So don’t be out there reading this thinking I’m attempting any "coverage." Not here, at this moment! First off – this is good, and very useful  – A Summorum Pontificum blog – the most useful part of which so far will be the links…

In addition to all the usual suspects, have a look at Ohio pastor Fr. Martin Fox, who frankly discusses the challenges and also points out: Now we have the great tradition itself, plus what the Council said, plus what re-thinking liturgists and bishops are starting to say, plus what many of the faithful are saying,…

…although far less pale than usual. Sort of normal blogging will resume sometime this week.

The text of the Pope’s letter to Chinese Catholics is here. An explanatory note is here. Check out AsiaNews for continuing coverage.

From AsiaNews: Benedict XVI today imposed the pallium on 46 metropolitan archbishops in a sign of their communion with the Apostolic See during mass in St Peter’s basilica.  The pallium is a stole made of lamb’s wool, symbolizing the bishop’s vocation as pastors to care for Christ’s flock and his lost sheep. It bears five…

Will, indeed, be release tomorrow: (to journalists at 9, then under emargo until noon, giving them a chance to write their stories.) Si informano i giornalisti accreditati che domani, sabato 30 giugno 2007, sarà a disposizione, a partire dalle ore 9 con embargo fino alle ore 12, la Lettera del Santo Padre Benedetto XVI ai…

Today is the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, Apostles. Yesterday, at St. Paul Outside-the-Walls, the Pope formally declared 2008 to be a "Pauline Year." The CNS coverage is here.   The Vatican Radio report here.You can read a translation of the homily here, by scrolling down. He was chosen ‘to announce the gospel of…

From Dan at the Shrine of the Holy Whapping. Read, pass on, especially to journalists attempting to understand this MP business. Including Catholic journalists: In the 1930’s and into the 1940’s, a handful of Jesuits and Dominicans began a movement to ground Catholic theology and liturgy in what they saw as forgotten aspects of the…

There’s nothing to get me back into the habit of intense reading than long periods in the car. Which I had today. So…the New Yorker and at last the article in the Atlantic, by Adam Minter about Shanghai Bishop Jin Luxian – an interesting profile which I think is an important read, although certain questions…
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