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Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Jefferson City Diocese Expunges Spirit of Vatican II from Liturgies! – The American Catholic
Pakistani Christian Girls Abducted by Muslim Activists – Hannah Heister at Catholic Vote
World Needs More Than Just Lip Service to Christian Persecution – Simon Caldwell at OSV
Report: Newman Guide Schools Experiencing Large Enrollment Increases – Catholic Vote
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Christians in India Protest Rising Tide of Persecution – Nirmala Carvalho at Crux
Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit Links:
1. Jefferson City Diocese Expunges Spirit of Vatican II from Liturgies! – The American Catholic
2. 7 Signs of Satan’s Hidden Presence, Carlo Acutis’ & Your Guardian Angel & More Links – Rgstr
3. Atheism Is Fading, But This Uglier Beast Is Taking Its Place – Creative Minority Report
4. Cardinal Ambongo Waves Red Flag Over Beatification for Late Belgian King – Catholic Herald
5. “Catholic Owned” Aims to Build the New Catholic Economy with App. . . – Ignitum Today
6. Introducing the Newest Jubilee Mascot:Tenebro – Gre. DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
7. The Decline Of Western Christianity: Gradually Then Suddenly – William M. Briggs, Ph.D.
8. Holy See Clarifies Immaculate Conception is Holy Day of Obligation Despite Transfer – CV
9. The Magnificently Restored Baldacchino of St Peter’s – Roberto de Mattei at Voice of the. . .
10. Requiescat in Pace: Terri Garr – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
News:
Lincoln Diocese Bans Smartphones in Confessionals to Protect Privacy & Reverence – Zenit
Cardinal O’Malley: Church Acknowledges Damage of Abuse but Celibacy isn’t the Cause – CWR
Missouri Catholic Church Prays for Vandals – Grace Porto at Catholic Vote
Vatican Publishes 1st Report on Church Safeguarding Efforts Worldwide – Cthlc News Agency
Punditry and Analysis:
From Bohemian Grove to Catholic Convert, an Occultist Comes Home! – Joe McClane at ACT
Fr Belda, Key Figure in Zanchetta Affair, is Pope’s Rep to Pp Francis Memorial Foundation – CWN
Liturgy and Literature in the Modern Age – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative. . .
Bartimaeus and the Blindness of the Church – Catholic Unscripted
Veiling in Church Symbolizes the Church as Bride – S. Spencer at National Catholic Register
St. Mark Ji Tianxiang, the Opium Addict Who Became a Saint – National Catholic Register
Catholic Education News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Classical Education and Great Literature – Joseph Pearce at The Imaginative Conservative
The Holy Year 2025 Jubilee Mascot Fiasco:
PopeWatch: Laws of Conquest – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Synod on Synodality:
Leave the Synod, Take the Cannoli – Randall B. Smith, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing
Good News? Synodal Final Document Proposes “Pentarchy 2.0” – Maxim Grigorieff at 1 Peter 5
Pope Paul VI Condemned Synodality Over 50 Years Ago – Michael Matt via Complicit Clergy
Allhallowtide:
A Ghostly Tale for Halloween – Dymphna at Dymphna’s Road
Protestant, Neo-Pagan, & Catholic All Treat Halloween Differently – A. Joseph R. Shaw, Ph.D.
Is It a Sin for Catholics to Celebrate Halloween? – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia
All Soul’s Day Mass for the Faithful Departed, Celebrated by Bishop Strickland – Cthlcs for Cthlcs
Why Halloween is Holy (W/ Fr. Ambrose Criste) – Lila Rose
All Souls Day: History, Traditions, and Significance – Lauren Woodrell at Magis Center
This All Saints’ Day, a Tribute to Catholicism’s ‘Nameless Companions’ – E. Ureneck at Angelus
Season of the Dead: The Roots of Allhallowtide – Deacon Thomas L. McDonald at Weird Catholic
Political News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Biden Hands Harris Her “Deplorables” Moment – D.R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Hard Times a’ Comin’, Whoever Wins – George Weigel at Denver Catholic
Dissident Catholic Paper Publishes Plea for Catholics to Vote for Harris-Walz – Catholic Vote
Middle Class Redux – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
“Render unto Caesar. . .”: To Vote or Not to Vote – Fr. John A. Perricone at Crisis Magazine
2024 Catholic Voting Principles – Matthew at A Catholic Life
Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
“Garbage” Remarks and Adam Rife – Dad29
The Month of October: Rosary Rings – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
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