Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Fr. Z on Bishop Barron – Fr. Z’s Blog
2. Vatican Gripped by Gay & Left Wing Cliques, Says Whistleblower – Catholic Herald
3. The Ugly Truth About Gay Adoption – Sarah Cain at Crisis Magazine
4. A UFO Explanation of What’s Happening in New Jersey – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at SOMH
5. Up. . .Off Your Knees! (Re: Cupich Ban on Kneeling) – Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was Both
6. Vandals Destroy $20K Worth of Property at Indiana Catholic Church – G. Porto at Catholic Vote
7. True Love Rarely Waits for Fat Bank Accounts – D.R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
8. Cardinal Cupich Tries to Discourage Kneeling while Receiving the Eucharist – Complicit Clergy
9. Bravo! Archbishop Broglio Denies Nancy Pelosi Holy Communion – Complicit Clergy
10. Forgetting Pope Francis for Something Better – Dan Millette at 1 Peter 5
Punditry and Analysis:
Winter Trend: Fair Isle Sweaters – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Is the End of Christendom Nigh? with A.N. Wilson – Damian Thompson at Holy Smoke
Cupich’s Archdiocese: Heterodoxy & Financial Mismanagement Go Hand in Hand – TACatholic
6 Books to Give Non-Catholics – Genevieve Perkins at Catholic Link
The Miracle of Notre Dame’s Restoration: Divine Call to Conversion – Tradition, Family & Property
“The Best Books I Read in 2024” – Catholic World Report
Bringing Catholicism to the American Frontier: Missionary Journeys of St. John Neumann – TFP
Taking Cultural Marxism Seriously – Tara Isabella Burton at Law & Liberty
Weigel Slams Vatican Approach to Chinese Communist Regime – B. Moy at Juicy Ecumenism
Australia Just Banned Minors Under Age 16 f/Social Media, What are Catholics Saying? – Rgstr
Advent (and Christmas):
Interpreting the Book of Revelation: the Sixth Seal – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D., at Kmita’s Library
‘Tis the Season to Live Liturgically – Portia Berry-Kilby at Catholic Herald
See: New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update
Our Lady of Guadalupe:
Face to face with Our Lady of Guadalupe – Fr. Z’s Blog
Writing Guadalupe as a Nahua-Christian Story – Verónica A. Gutiérrez at Anxious Bench
Millions Mark Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Day – A. Marentes & F. Llano at Associated Press
Education News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Getting Schooled – David Warren at The Catholic Thing
Christians Challenge Law Blocking Religious Colleges f/State-Funded Prog – Religion Unplugged
The Re-Opening of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, the Glamour and the Scandal:
Notre-Dame de Paris: Where All Unite Around Our Lady – Jn. Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family & Prop
Nancy Pelosi Scandal:
Vatican Reviews Bar on Pelosi Receiving Communion – Catholic Arena
Political News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Flight from Reality – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Federal Bureau of Insurrection – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Satanic Temple Statue Destroyed! – The National Pulse
Realism Vindicated – Rafael Pinto Borges at The European Conservative
John Brown, Christian Nationalist – Shiv Parihar at Providence
DOJ Report: 26 FBI Informants Present at U.S. Capitol on January 6 – Nick Hallett at The EC
Is America Athens or Sparta? – Casey Chalk at Modern Age
Rep: Policy of Immigration Enforcement Treating Churches as Sensitive Areas May End – Rgstr
Geopolitical News, Punditry, and Analysis:
The Majority of Americans & Ukrainians Want a Negotiated Peace – M.A. Kreitzer at Les Femmes
Pop Culture News, Punditry, and Analysis:
LEGO Inspires With Its Nod to Catholics This Christmas – Cerith Gardiner at Aleteia
Make Villains Wicked Again – Germán Saucedo at First Things
How Christmas Movies Have Changed Over The Last 20 Years – Religion Unplugged
‘Blue Bloods’, Unapologetic Pro-Police Drama in an Anti-Police Age – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
The Master of (Board) Games – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
A Christian Reading of Charlotte’s Web – Emily Finley at The Christian Imagination
Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
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