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Pope Leo XIV Confirms Priest Who Supports Priestesses as New Bishop of St. Gallen

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
In Memoriam: Alasdair MacIntyre – Joseph R. Wood, Ph.D., Colonel at The Catholic Thing
Pope Francis & the Ignatian Presupposition – Timothy McHugh at Catholic Stand

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Leo Confirms Priest Who Supports Priestesses as New Bishop of St. Gallen – Complicit Clergy
2. Bishop About to Crush People Who Desire TLM in the Name of “Concord & Unity” – Fr. Z’s Blog
3. Is Leo Turning Blind Eye to First ‘Mass’ Revolt from Female Preachers? – Complicit Clergy
4. Claim: Pope Leo XIV Was Francis’s ‘Closest Collaborator’ – Austen Ivereigh at Commonweal
5. Cardinal Kasper Says Pope Benedict, Cardinal Sarah Blocked Change on Celibacy – CWN
6. Francis, Santo Subito? What Emerges From a Pope Leo XIV Tweet – Catholic Conclave
7. Newly Appointed Bishop by Leo Thinks Women in Priesthood Inevitable – Catholic Conclave
8. Let the Forgetting Begin of the Francis Papacy – Austin Ruse at Crisis Magazine
9. Why JD Vance Didn’t Kiss Leo’s Ring & What It Says About His Faith & Politics – Jon. Liedl
10. The Delusion of Porn’s Harmlessness – Christina Emba at The New York Times

Pope Leo XIV:
Who Is Pope Leo XIV? 3 Amazing Things All Catholics Should Know – ChurchPOP
YouTube Terminates Channel of Fake Pope Leo XIV Sermons – Christine Rousselle at Aleteia
Pope Leo XIV Credited With Aiding Victims Of Abuse – Nicole Winfield, et al., at Associated Press
Leo XIV & the Popes: The Origin of Doctrine – S.D. Wright at The WM Review

Analysis and Punditry:
Pepe Mujica: The Left Failed to Implement Self-Managing Socialism – Tradition, Fmly, & Prprty
Dr. Mazza: A Semivacantist? – Steven O’Reilly at Roma Locuta Est
An Efilist Just Bombed a Fertility Clinic. Was This Bound To Happen? – Katherine Dee
Cardinal Goh & Archbishop Cordileone: Lifting TLM Restrictions Helps Heal Church – Cmp Clr
More Young Women Will Pursue Family Life If Good Men Step Up – Institute For Family Studies
The Orate Fratres & Suscipiat – Michael P. Foley, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement
Interview with Robert Royal on His New Book, “Martyrs of the New Millennium” – Leila M. Lawler

News:
Catholic Relief Services Loses Federal Funds for 11 of 13 International Food Aid Pgms – CWR
OK Catholic School Loses Funding Bid After SCOTUS, Future Legal Battle Looms – NC Register

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

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Trump, Harvard, & A Liberalism Of Suckers – Rod Dreher
Joe Biden’s Diagnosis: A Call to Prayer & a Reckoning With Eternal Truth – Marcus Peter
Nashville Catholic Charities Announces Layoffs Due To Federal Funding Cuts – Complicit Clergy
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

International Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
China’s Monopoly of Rare Earth Minerals Can Be Broken by Making Them Less Rare – TFP

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Muslim Brotherhood Report: Is France Finally Waking Up? – Hélène de Lauzun at The EC
Russia Nixes Vatican At Venue For Talks – Sarajevo Times
The Neoliberal-Globalist World Order is Over in the Middle East – László Bernát Veszprémy
See the Latest Western Civ Defender Posts – Western Civ Defender

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
A Sign of the Times: Kermit the Frog Vs. Solzhenitsyn – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
Bishop Michael Martin Cruelly Suppresses the TLM in Charlotte – The American Catholic
Treasury Sounds Death Knell for Penny Production – The Wall Street Journal

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Gods of the Copybook Headings – Rudyard Kipling & George Orwell via The Am Catholic
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
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