On the Motu Proprio

• "I do not think that the Holy Father needs my advice" (Brian Mershon interviews Institute of Christ the King's Msgr. Schmitz on Summorum Pontificum, for Inside the Vatican)
• Bishop Fernando Areas Rifan, Apostolic Administrator of the Campos Apostolic Administration, recently granted Rorate Caeli an exclusive interview, which has been published in two parts:
  • "RORATE CÆLI Interview: Rifan speaks (July 7, 2007)
  • "Part Two: Comments on Summorum Pontificum" (July 11, 2007)
• "How is your Bishop reacting to Summorum? [and all other Bishops]" (Rorate Caeli is gathering episcopal reactions to the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum from around the world.
• Italian bishop Luca Brandolini weeps: "I will obey the Pontiff, but it is a day of grief. The reform is canceled" ("A bishop cries," Rorate Caeli, July 8, 2007)
• Fr. Z. "Summorum Pontificum: my intro comments and the text" (What Does The Prayer Really Say?, July 7, 2007) dispels some precipitous misconceptions about the documents.
• "Moto Proprio Madness", by dissident priest, Fr. Joseph O'Leary, and, appropriately, a fisking of Fr. O'Leary's Response to the Motu Proprio by Barbara Nicolosi (Church of the Masses).
• Last, but far from least, if you haven't heard about the Sedevacantist nuns who have returned to full communion with the Church as a result of Pope Benedict's ministry leading toward his Motu Proprio, you will enjoy reading "Diocese welcomes new Association of the Faithful: ‘If you’re seeking truth, there’s nothing to be afraid of’" (Inland Register, Catholic Diocese of Spokane, WA, July 5, 2007)

[Hat tip to Rorate Caeli, Fr. Z, and S.M.]