VVEDNESDAY EARLY MORNING EDITION

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Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Pope Leo XIV: ‘Absolute Exclusion of the Death Penalty’ – The WM Review
2. Kentucky Archbishop Discourages Faithful From Kneeling For Holy Communion – Comp Clergy
3. Pope Leo XIV Enters Balcony with Blues Brothers Song in Epic Video – Hollywood Catholic
4. Archd. of Baltimore ‘Refusing’ to Reopen Parish After Vatican Order, Advocates Say – CWR
5. Frank Pavone Seeks Reinstatement to Priesthood Under Pope Leo XIV – Life News
6. Cardinal Müller Hopeful Pope Leo XIV Will Lift Restrictions on TLM – Complicit Clergy
7. Homo-Erotic Mural Man Cardinal Paglia Gone! Spring Cleaning – Gavin Ashenden, et al.
8. The Controversy of the First Photographs Ever Taken of a Pope – ChurchPOP
9. Pope Leo XIV’s Personal Trainer Shocked He Became Pope. . . – ChurchPOP
10. Indiana Novus Ordo Parish Kicks-Out TLM, Gets Closed Down Years Later – Complicit Clergy

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
Cardinal Prevost: You Can’t Be Pro-Life Without Opposing Capital Punishment – The WM Review
Could Pope Leo XIV Actually Renounce His American Citizenship? – Ed. Condon at The Pillar
Why St. Hildegard Says This Parable Teaches Us How to Save Lost Souls & More – Tito Edwards

Pope Leo XIV:
Pope Leo XIV Says He Felt Francis Sunday – Devin Watkins at Vatican News
EWTN to Release Biography of Pope Leo XIV, the First US-Born Pope – National Catholic Register

Analysis and Punditry:
How the Catholic Church Became a Defender of Islam – William K. Kilpatrick, Ph.D., via Comp Clrg
Why Did Dante Leave His Guide & Literary Hero in Hell? – Robert Keim at Via Mediævalist
Babylon Bloc Denies Role in Iraqi Conclave Dispute – Luke Coppen at The Pillar
On the Economic Front, the Winds of Frenetic Intemperance Are Blowing – Trad, Fam, & Prop
100 Years a Saint: Remembering St. Thérèse’s Deep Connection to Mary – N Catholic Register
Literature, Poetry & Faith. A Conversation with Joseph Pearce – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D.

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Will the New Leo Drive Away the Old Wolves? – José A. Ureta at Tradition, Family, & Property

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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