THVRSDAY MORNING EDITION

Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Why American Catholics Should Go to Mass on Thanksgiving Day – C. Hull at Catholic Exchange
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Persecuted Christians in the East – Fr. David J. Nix at Pilgrim Priest
What’s at Stake in the UK Assisted Suicide Vote – Luke Coppen at The Pillar

Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit News Stories:
1. What’s Really Happening at Some Catholic Seminaries? – Joe McClane at A Catholic Take
2. Child Touch For Me, But Not For Thee (Fr. Carlos Martins) – Rod Dreher at Rod Dreher’s Diary
3. United Methodist Collapse? – Mark Tooley at Juicy Ecumenism
4. An Open Letter to J.D. Vance – George Weigel at Denver Catholic
5. Outrage as Pope Asks for ‘Sacrifice’ in Money Crisis – John L. Allen, Jr., at Crux
6. Francis Appoints Worst Man Possible to Fix Vatican Financial Woes – Complicit Clergy
7. The “Mayan Rite” & Papal Progressivism – Archbishop Héctor Agüer at Rorate Caeli
8. Megiddo Mosaic: Earliest Evidence of Jesus Proclaimed as God – Daniel Esparza at Aleteia
9. An ‘Incident’ Involving Fr. Carlos Martins – Christine Niles at Forward Boldly
10. Do Catholics Need to Flee from Vatican II & Its “Reforms”? – Robert Morrison at Remnant

Punditry and Analysis:
‘Vatican Girl’ Case Back in the NewsCrux
Profanity & Obscenity Diminish Dignity – Jeff Minick at Chronicles
“Catholic Campaign” vs. 8 USC 1324 – Dad29
Why Did a Mob Ransack a Dhaka Catholic School? – Luke Coppen at The Pillar
Security Experts Warn of ‘Basic Security Failures’ After Vatican Website Crash – The Pillar
Top 10 Black Friday List! – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist

Diocese of Joliet & Fr. Carlos Martins:
Exorcists Have a Hard Job When the Supernatural, Rumour Mill & Internet Collide – G. Ashenden
Father Carlos Martins Sets the Record Straight on Pillar Catholic Allegations! – Joe McClane

Synod on Synodality:
Just Like a Mormon Prophet – Saint Louis Catholic
The Key to Understanding the Synod: “It Is a Continuation of Vatican II” – M. Gaspers at 1 Peter 5

American Thanksgiving:
The Real First Thanksgiving in America Was Catholic – Catholics For Catholics
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation 1864 – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Thanksgiving & Eucharist – Marcelino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D., at Integrated Catholic Life
Thanksgiving: History, Blessings & Gratitude – F. Andrew Wolf, Jr., at Catholic Exchange
Thanksgiving & Semi-Religious Sentiment – Russell Shaw at Catholic World Report

Political News, Punditry, and Analysis:
The Fumes of the 2024 Election – Victor Davis Hanson via X
How Britain Became a Tyrannical Police State – W. Upton, J. Montgomery, et al., at National Pulse
God Keep President Trump & His Appointees Safe – D. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
America’s Red Shift – Charles R. Kesler at Claremont Review of Books
Will Religion Replace Race as the New Identity Politics? – George Hawley at City Journal
America Was Founded as a Christian Nation – Carson Holloway at The American Mind

Geopolitical News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Michel Houellebecq’s Annihilation Wrestles With the Carnal Void – Catholic World Report
Byzantine Christianity, Mongol Autocracy & Geography: How Imperialism Defined Russia – Prov.
Israel & Hezbollah Have Agreed to a Ceasefire – Louis Knuffke at Catholic Vote

Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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