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Pope Francis Sends Letter to People of Nicaragua Amid Catholic Persecution – Rome Reports
Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Franciscan Monastery in Aleppo Attacked – Souhail Lawand at CNA via Catholic World Report
Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Disgraced U.S. Cardinal Incites Civil Disobedience to Trump’s Agenda – Jules Gomes, Ph.D.
2. Bishop Stowe Protests Lack of USCCB Resistance to Trump – Catholic World News
3. I Believe It: Obama Didn’t Want Kamala to Run – D. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
4. Young Men Leaving Catholicism for ‘Masculine’ Orthodox Christianity in Droves – NY Post
5. ‘Catholic’ Cosplayers Attempt to Hijack Christmas to Celebrate Murder – J.B. Murray at MRC
6. More Expensive Horrors for Notre Dame Cathedral – Fr. Peter Anthony, Ph.D., via X
7. Is Bishop Strickland’s Appeal a Dead Letter or a Call to Action? – William Kilpatrick, Ph.D.
8. Faithful Sue Over Destruction of Consecrated Host in Probe of Likely Eucharistic Miracle – CV
9. Britain is No Longer Christian, Bishop Declares – Catholic World News
10. Vatican ‘On Verge of Bankruptcy’, Church Struggles to Pay Pensions – Daily Express
News:
Lawyers Question Catholic Identity of Australian Catholic University – Catholic World News
Rome’s Famous Tailor Prepares for the Catholic Church’s New Cardinals – CNA
Christian Leaders in Aleppo Fearful after Islamist Advance – Crux via Catholic Herald
Supreme Court to Hear Oral Arguments Over State’s Gender Transition Ban for Minors – Angelus
Punditry and Analysis:
Spontaneous Benepapist Combustion — Part II – Steven O’Reilly at Roma Locuta Est
How Miracles & Faith Will Help Us Persevere Thru These Dark Times – Tradition, Family, & Prprty
Tights: Yes, They Are the Perfect Accessory – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
With America Paganizing, the Benedict Option is Neither Benedictine Nor Optional – TFP
Why Catholics Celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception – Catholic Vote
Resisting the Allurements of Jansenism, Pio Brunone Lanteri Works to the Priesthood – TFP
Conflict between the Carmelite Nuns of Arlington & the Bishop of Fort Worth: Timeline – CNA
Advent (and Christmas):
See: New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update
Education News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Sowell on Today’s Schooling – Dad29
The Re-opening of Notre Dame Cathedral, the Glamour & Scandal:
U.S. President-Elect Trump to Attend Notre Dame Cathedral Reopening in Paris – CNA
Political News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Can We Talk About J6? – Sheryl Collmer at Crisis Magazine
Hunter Biden’s Pardon Absolves the Sins of the Father, Too – National Catholic Register
The Political Potential of Postliberalism – Nathaniel Peters, Ph.D., at Public. . .
Geopolitical News, Punditry, and Analysis:
China as It Is – David P. Goldman, Ph.D., at Law & Liberty
Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Scorsese’s The Saints: Some Go Marching In, While Others March Off – Crisis Magazine
9 Olde-Timey Holiday Drinks to Whip Up This Advent – Hollie Stephens at Mental Floss
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
Pope Francis Signed These 2 Bottles of Bourbon to Support Charities in Kentucky – Smithsonian
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Catholics Should Rule Giving Tuesday – David Matheson at Indulgences Blog
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