MONDAY MID-DAY EDITION

Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Little Vatican Looks to Form & Inform – Tito Edwards at Catholic Stand
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. No, the Italian Bishops Did Not Change Admission Criteria for SSA – Rorate Cæli
2. California Ski Resort Owner Builds Massive Virgin Mary Statue, Angering Locals – Spirit Daily
3. Freemasonry has Invaded the Church – Mary Ann Kreitzer at Les Femmes
4. Cardinal McElroy is No Diarmuid Martin – Gene Thomas Gomulka at John 18:37
5. “Catholic” Georgetown Professor Lying about Islam for Too Long – Dad29
6. Beloved Gold Crown Stolen from Mary Statue at Catholic Church in Phila. – 6 ABC Action
7. Francis’s Holy Year Also Promotes Sin – Luiz Sérgio Solimeo at Tradition, Family, & Property
8. Historical Falsehoods about Active Participation: Response to Dr. Brant Pitre – New Lit Mov
9. UK Court Blocks Deportation of Migrant Who Raped Sleeping Woman – Michael Curzon
10. A Serious Consideration on Luce, Vatican’s 2025 Jubilee Mascot, vs. the Child Jesus – TFP

L.A. Wild Fires:
Singing From the Ruins – Christine Niles, J.D., at Forward Boldly

Punditry and Analysis:
The Catholic Church & the Death Penalty: Teachings & Actions of Recent Popes – Exaudi
2025: Opulence is Back! – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
List of 10 Clarifications on How to Perform Exorcisms Correctly Published – Catholic Herald
Should We Decouple Technology from Everyday Life? – Phillip Dolitsky at Public Discourse
Mel Gibson Criticises Pope Francis Over Slide Toward Religious Pluralism – Catholic Herald
The Debasement of Tolerance – J. Daryl Charles at First Things
Researchers Underscore Link Between Decline of Marriage, Plummeting Fertility Rates – CWR

Christmastide:
See: New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Education News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Classical Education’s Thriving Counterculture – Mark Bauerlein at Modern Age

Political News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Down Memory Lane – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Should Foreign Policy Be Determined by its Impact on Christians? – Christianity Today
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

Muslim Grooming Gangs of Under Age Girls in Britain:
Muslim Rape Gangs As Religious Warfare – Sarah Cain at Crisis Magazine

International Political News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Under Siege: How War on Farmers Threatens Western Values & Global Food Security – R. Roos
German Police Shield Muslim Offenders, Fail German Society – Srđa Trifković, Ph.D.

Geopolitical News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Former Censorship Tsar Admits EU Role in Annulling Romanian Election – Tamás Orbán
New Western Civ Defender Posts – Western Civ Defender

Et Cetera. . . Pop Cultural News, Punditry, and Analysis:
All Creatures Great and Small: The Beauty of Ordinary Things – Kate O’Hare at Pax Culturati

Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
5 Habits of People Who Always Have a Clean Kitchen – Quincy Bulin at Southern Living
PopeWatch: Birds of a Feather – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Executive Pardon: A Christian Concept that Comes f/Medieval Justice – Tradition, Family & Prop
From Martyrdom to Sainthood: Compiègne’s 16 Carmelite Heroes – Tradition, Family, & Property
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
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