Rome Reports via Vatican Insider: Delegation from the Orthodox Church meets with Pope

Chant Cafe: CNS Interview with Cardinal Ranjith at Sacra Liturgia Conference

Eastern Christian Books: Developments in Byzantine Chant

I don't think I will change all of the "chant" tags to "plainchant" even though it would be better to do so... removing tags used to be easier.

Anyone Know Ukrainian?

An essay by an Ukrainian [Catholic] bishop emeritus "On Uniatism" - ЄПИСКОП ВАСИЛЬ ЛОСТЕН. ПРОБЛЕМА "УНІАТИЗМУ"

Zenit: Pope's Address on 50th Anniversary of Paul VI's Election
"Jesus is more necessary than ever for the man of today"

NLM: Do the Clothes Make the Priest? Some Debate on Clerical Garb in Greece

Ascending Mount Carmel: The Greatest Forgotten Catholic Theologian of the 20th Century

Dom Alcuin Reid on Sacra Liturgia

Vatican Radio: Liturgy Conference opens in Rome (mp3)

Sandro Magister: The Hundred Days of Francis and the Enigma of the Empty Chair
His sudden refusal to listen to the Ninth Symphony of Beethoven offered for the Year of Faith is the seal on the beginning of a pontificate that is difficult to decipher. The success that he enjoys in the media has a reason and a cost: his silence on the crucial political questions of abortion, euthanasia, homosexual marriage

The Catholic Apologetics Academy turned out to be more enjoyable and educational than I had expected, and it was definitely a good opportunity for Catholics to meet and socialize with other similar-minded Catholics living in the Bay Area. I wish I had taken greater advantage of that opportunity. There were a few parents there who were aware of the state of Catholic schools in the diocese of San Jose. May they receive wisdom and strength as they seek to bring about change. The talks by Ken Hensley on sola fide and sola scriptura were very informative. He doesn't write much as he prefers teaching (live); his contrast between the two models of faith was one I had not heard before.

faith-->obedience-->blessing (a pattern found in the OT and repeated in the preaching of the NT) [the Catholic model]
faith-->blessing-->obedience [the Protestant model]

Luther, A Nominalist?

Luther’s Doctrine of Imputation: Nominalism vs. Aristotelian Realism by Joshua Price

Or Voluntarist?

Related:
MARTIN LUTHER AND SCHOLASTIC PHILOSOPHY
Is Luther's Doctrine of Justification Compatible with Orthodox Catholic Theology?
Was there a Lutheran Metaphysics?

Attending the Catholic Apologetics Academy put on by the Envoy Institute. It will probably do a good job of covering some of the basics, but I wonder if the 3-day program isn't a bit ambitious.

Cult? Or the Legitimate Preferences of the Founder?

Creating his own "brand."

Chiesa: Kiko Argüello, Painter, Musician, Architect

Liturgy Doesn’t Mean Work of the People by Richard Barrett

Chiesa: Benedict Wanted a "Poor" Church, Too

Latin Mass Study - Fr Justin Nolan, FSSP

How Accurate Will the History Be?

Ecumenical, but truthful? Or will it obfuscate in the interests of being "nice"? Lutherans and Catholics agree to a common narrative on the Reformation

Stratford Caldecott recommends this new book from Angelico Press: The Power of Four, written by Eduardo P. Olaguer, Jr.

Press Conference with Marcel Peres

From April 2013: 11 MARCEL PERES καλλιτεχνικός διευθυνής Ensemble Organum & CIRMA .


The info for this clip says it's Ensemble Organum singing; I have not heard it before.

Fr. Elias Rafaj on Reconciliation