St. Hildegard of Bingen made Doctor of the Church: Coverage Round-Up

Here's a round-up of the various coverage--news, commentary, arts, and tributes--of Pope Benedict XVI's declaration St. Hildegard of Bingen as a Doctor of the Church on Sunday, October 7.  I have also corralled at the bottom all of the audiences, speeches, etc. in which Pope Benedict has made major mention of St. Hildegard.

News Reports:

• Apostolic Letter Proclaiming St. Hildegard of Bingen a Doctor of the Universal Church (Pope Benedict XVI, 10-7-2012)
• Pope opens Synod: The Church exists to evangelize (Vatican Radio, 10-7-2012)
• Pope Benedict creates two new Doctors of the Church (Catholic News Agency, 10-7-2012)
• Pope launches drive to reclaim lapsed Western Catholics (Reuters, 10-7-2012)
• Pope names 2 church doctors at start of synod on re-spreading faith to areas where it’s fallen (AP, as printed by The Washington Post, 10-7-2012)
• St. Hildegard of Bingen and St. John of Avila are now Doctors of the Church (Rome Reports [Video], 10-7-2012)

• What can St. Hildegard of Bingen teach us? A look at the life of this future Doctor of the Church (Rome Reports, 10-5-2012)
• Two New Doctors of the Church (WDTPRS, 10-1-2012)
• The Pope gets ready to appoint two new Doctors of the Church (Rome Reports, 9-30-2012)
• Hildegard and John of Avila becoming 'Doctors of the Church' (Gazzetta del Sud, 9-28-2012)
• Infused Wisdom (L’Osservatore Romano, 9-27-2012)
• Pope Declares Hildegard of Bingen a Saint (James Martin, S.J., "In All Things" Blog, America Magazine, 5-10-2012)

Commentary and Blogs:

• 8 Reasons Why Hildegard Matters Now (Mary Sharratt, HuffingtonPost, 10-27-2012)
• The Fire of the Gospel (L'Osservatore Romano, 10-9-2012)
• St. Hildegard, newest church doctor, inspires the faith for 800 years (Electa Draper, The Denver Post, 10-9-2012)
• In Praise of the Holy Women, and Men, of the Mystical Tradition (Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington Blog, 10-7-2012)
• Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Doctor of the Church (Vox Nova, 10-7-2012)
• Caritas, Humilitas, and Pax: Theophany of the Fountain in St. Hildegard of Bingen’s Liber Divinorum Operum III.3 (Fides Quaerens Intellectum, 10-5-2012)
• St. Hildegard of Bingen, Doctor of the Church (Leroy Huizenga, First Things, "On the Square", 10-4-2012)
• Newest Doctor of the Church: Her Visions, Her Writings, and Her Secret Language (Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register, 10-1-2012)
• Help Wanted: Hildegard of Bingen Enthusiasts (Patheos, Kathryn Lopez, 9-22-2012)
• St. Hildegard of Bingen: A Visionary for All Time (Brennan Pursell, Crisis Magazine, 9-19-2012)
• The Fire of St. Hildegard (Anthony Lilles, Beginning to Pray, 9-19-2012) 
• Doctor Viriditatis? St. Hildegard of Bingen’s Doctor of the Church Name (Fides Quaerens Intellectum, 9-17-2012)
• Viriditas: The Feast of Saint Hildegard (Mary Sharratt, 9-17-2012) 
• A Mystical Vision of the Trinity (Patheos, "Let the Earth Keep Silence," Carl McColman, 8-31-2012)
• Hildegard of Bingen: Ever Ancient, Ever New (Peggy McDonald, I.H.M, "In All Things" Blog, America Magazine, 7-3-2012)
• A Beginner’s Guide to the Music of St. Hildegard of Bingen (Christopher S. Morrissey, Catholic World Report, 6-25-2012, with an update including YouTube links on 10-8-2012)
• Hildegard of Bingen: Voice of the Living Light (Sandra Miesel, Catholic World Report, 1-23-2012)
• Behind the Elevation of St. Hildegard (Barbara Newman, History of Christianity Blog, 12-19-2011)

Artistic Tributes:

• West Michigan opera, theater staple lends her voice to medieval saint's story (Grand Rapids Press, 11-06-2012)
• New York City Opera: 2012 “Vox” Festival (Nov. 8, including John Zorn's The Holy Visions, a "mystery play" about Hildegard)
• Nun's 800 year old chants top charts (Telegraph, 10-26-2012)
• Hildegard, Sinfonye, classical album of the week (Telegraph, 10-26-2012)
• Faith Circles (Michael O'Neill McGrath, America Magasine, 10-22-2012)
• Concert celebrates saint's songs, stories (Arizona Daily Star, 10-11-2012)
• John Zorn: original, exhilarating, mould-breaking (Music review by Martin Adams, Irish Times, 10-8-2012)
• New DVD Release Celebrates Vatican's Oct. 7 Naming of Only Fourth Woman in History as "Doctor of the Church" (DVD production of Linn Maxwell's "Hildegard of Bingen and the Living Light", 10-8-2012)
• Hildegard of Bingen: prayer, supper & movie with a saint (Patheos, Sister Rose Movies, 10-6-2012)
• Artist inspired to keep memory alive of St. Hildegard (Boulder Daily Camera, 10-5-2012; more information on the exhibition can be found here.)
• Review of Mary Sharratt's new historical fiction, Illuminations (Minneapolis Star Tribune, 10-5-2012)

Pope Benedict XVI discusses St. Hildegard of Bingen:

• General Audience, September 1, 2010 (Part 1 of 2 on St. Hildegard) 
• General Audience, September 8, 2010 (Part 2 of 2 on St. Hildegard)
• Christmas Address to the Roman Curia, December 20, 2010 (St. Hildegard reproves the clergy for their sins, which abuse the Church and cause Christ's wounds to remain unhealed.)
• Angelus Address for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 2011 (St. Hildegard's description of Holy Mother Church's mission to conceive and give birth to Christian souls.)
• Regina Coeli Address for the Solemnity of Pentecost, May 27, 2012 (Pope Benedict announces the forthcoming declaration of St. Hildegard as a Doctor of the Church.)
• Homily for the Opening Mass of the Synod of Bishops and the Declaration of St. John of Avila and St. Hildegard of Bingen as Doctors of the Church, October 7, 2012.
• Apostolic Letter Proclaiming St. Hildegard of Bingen a Doctor of the Universal Church, October 7, 2012.