FRIDAY EARLY-AFTERNOON EDITION

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Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Dozens Killed in New Wave of Attacks on Christian Communities in Nigeria – John Burger

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Robert Barron Attacked, Responds with Condemned Errors – S.D. Wright at The WM Review
2. The Disturbing Celebrity Priest Phenomenon – Kennedy Hall at Crisis Magazine
3. Why Do Bishops Target Pious Practices but Ignore Novus Ordo Abuses? – Stephen White
4. About Time, About Vatican II, & About Life & Death – Ed. Condon at The Pillar
5. US Theologian Faggioli: Pope Leo XIV Not an “Anti-Trump” – Catholic Conclave
6. Steeple Collapses After Fire Rips Through Historic Catholic Church – WHIO TV 7
7. Why was “Joan of Arc” Mark Twain’s Favorite Among All His Books? – Kelly S. Franklin, Ph.D.
8. Honoring the Only Approved Marian Apparition in the US – Emily Chaffins at Catholic Exchange
9. Whose Society Is It Anyway? – Rod Dreher
10. Leaving Pride Behind – The Ruth Institute

Pope Leo XIV:
Why PETA Pushes the Pope on Bullfighting – Edgar Beltrán at The Pillar

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
German Archdiocese Claims No Knowledge of Outrageous Performance in Cathedral – CWN
Our Kids Need Truth, Not Confusion – Dan Fitzpatrick at Catholic Stand

Analysis and Punditry:
Fr. Nicholas Diessbach Mounts a Full Frontal Attack on the Jansenist Heresy – Trad, Fam, & Prop
How & Why Southern Baptists are Losing Confidence in the ERLC – The Federalist
Burning of Nottoway & New Pope: American Identity, Future of Catholicism – C Coulombe KCSS
Science Says Boredom Can Be Good For Us – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
The “Take It Down Act” Is a Long Overdue First Strike Against Pornography in Schools – TFP
Bishops Fight Back Against State of Washington Anti-Catholic Law – The American Catholic
From Excommunication to Capitulation: How Vatican Betrayed Chinese Martyrs – Chris Jackson
Egyptian Government Denies Plan to Seize Historic Monastery – Catholic World News

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Is the University Of Austin Betraying Its Founding Principles? – Ellie Avishai at Quillette

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

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Racist—But Underfunded? – Heather MacDonald at City Journal

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Surviving Native-Born Brits Trapped in an Open-Air Penal Colony Called England – P. Keenan
“Farm Stops”: A Refreshing Alternative to Gigantic Supermarkets – Tradition, Family, & Property
William Faulkner: The Past Is Not Dead, It’s Not Even Past – The American Catholic

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register
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
Will SCOTUS’s Disparate Impact Theory Survive the Trend to Dismantle DEI? – Trad, Fam, & Prop

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