MONDAY EARLY-MORNING EDITION

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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Under-the-Radar Growth of Catholic Commitment – Philip E. Lawler, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Is This Something to Worry About? Re: Pope Leo XIV – Fr. Z’s Blog
2. Does Cardinal Burke Know Something About Leo & the Future of the TLM? – Fr. A. McDonald
3. The Worst Possible Sign: “Apostolic” Persecutions Continue in New Pontificate? – Rorate Cæli
4. Bp. Martin Bringing in Heterodox Nuns to Help “Evangelize” Charlotte Dioc. – P. Kwasniewski
5. Cardinal Uses Synodality to Exclude Legionaries of Christ the King – Catholic Conclave
6. The Under-the-Radar Growth of Catholic Commitment – Philip E. Lawler, Ph.D., at Cthlc Culture
7. Archb. Weisenburger of Detroit’s Thought Police for TLMers – Dm. Thompson & Emily Zanotti
8. “O Vos Omnes Sordidi Mementote Retrorsi. . .!” More Joy in Detroit – Fr. Z’s Blog
9. Amy Welborn Engages J.D. Flynn Regarding Territorial Parishes – Amy Welborn on X
10. Synodality Turned Into a Tool to Expel Hard Working Priests in Turin – Catholic Conclave

Pope Leo XIV Sweet Order’s Reign Embrace:
Pope Leo XIV is Hugely Popular – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
‘We Can Rally Around This Pope’: Chicagoans Cheer Pope Leo XIV! – Jonathan Liedl at Register
Doctrine, Not Indoctrination: Leo & the Transpolitical Nature of Cthlc Socl Doct – T Harmon PhD
Full Text: Pope Leo XIV’s Address to Catholics in Chicago – Pope Leo XIV via NC Register
Pope Appeals for ‘Responsibility & Reason’ in Iran-Israel Escalation – L. Bordoni at Vatican News

Detroit’s Archbishop Weisenburger Doth Impose Draconian Edicts:
Again! Comments on Forcing Table Altars & Forbidding Mass “Ad Orientem” – Fr. Z’s Blog
Detroit Archbishop Decimates 10 TLM Parish Communities – Anthony Stine at Return To. .
Great Diminishment in Detroit: Pogrom Against TLMers Continues; Updated-Even Worse – Fr. Zed

Bishop Michael Martin’s Infamous Deeds:
Diocese of Charlotte & the “Salt March to the Sea” – Fr. Z’s Blog
Poor Judgement about Confidentiality That Would Inflame – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern. . .

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
Catholic Mass Nightmares Returns to Chicago – David L. Gray
Why Reverent, Traditionally-Oriented Novus Ordos May Soon Come Under Attack – Fr. Z’s Blog
Why Progressives Hate Latin – Boniface at Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Modernist Impulse to Feminise Jesus – Catholic Conclave
Sole TLM in Diocese of Jefferson City to End This Month – Fr. Dylan Schrader via Cmplct Clergy
Probs w/Multiple Choices of NO Mass & Selective Elimination of Certain Options – Fr. McDonald

Analysis and Punditry:
Why are Catholic Communities Failing? – Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., at iCatholic Radio
Scott & Jeremiah Hahn: Like Father, Like. . .Father – R. Cichowicz at National Catholic Register
A.I. as Ouija Board & Familiar – Rod Dreher at Rod Dreher’s Diary
Are the Travails of Opus Dei Terminal? – Catholic Conclave
Argentine Psychologist Abandons the Occult After a Vision of the Virgin of Luján – C Conclave
Virginia Teen’s Catholic School Journey Inspires Whole Family’s Conversion – C World Report
Israel, Palestine, & Jason Jones – Peter Wolfgang at Catholic Culture
A Suggestion: Why Not No Gospel for Pentecost? – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
Chartres Pilgrimage – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Tradition & Sanity

News:
Annual Report Finds There are ‘Not Enough’ Deacons Being Ordained in the US – C World Report
New Book “IVF is Not the Way” Offers Light & Hope – Mary Beth Bracey at Ignitum Today

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Is the Host Pulsating in the Monstrance? – Saint Adaugoijele on X
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

O Los Angeles, What Tempest Tears Thy Streets:
Investigating Catholic NGOs’ Role in Immigration Invasion – S.A. McCarthy at The Amrcn Spect

False Dagger’s Stroke in Minnesota:
First Photo of Assassin Vance Boelter in Custody – Citizen Free Press on X
Assassin Appointed by Tim Walz – Eric Daugherty on X
Who is Vance Luther Boelter? Assassin in Minnesota Lawmaker Killings Identified – Mch. Dorgan
‘No Kings’ Protest Flyers Found in Assassins SUV – Collin Rugg on X

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Ten Years After the Obergefell Same-Sex “Marriage” Ruling, Calls Multiply for Its Overturn – TFP
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Irritating Gentleman, by Berthold Woltze (AD 1874) – D, McClarey at The American Catholic

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Claim That America ‘Stole’ California from Mexico is an Ignorant Lie – The Federalist
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Homeschool Under Fire in Oz: Govt Target Tutoring Biz After Homeschooling Surge – The DD

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Historical Fiction Should Never Be Confused With History – D McClarey at The American Catholic
Report: Iran Pleads with Qatar, Oman to Get Trump to Stop War – Breitbart
Victory in Ireland as Catholics Rally Around the Infant of Prague – Tradition, Family, & Property
The West’s Betrayal of Syria’s Christians – Ribal al-Assad at The European Conservative
See the Latest Western Civ Defender Posts – Western Civ Defender

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
An Incomplete Understanding of the Revolutionary Process Hindered Amicizia’s Progress – TFP
Yale Study Confirms There’s Nothing Like a Mother’s Lullaby – Tradition, Family, & Property

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
DC Financial Hole & McElroy’s Cover Up of McCarrick’s Slush Fund – Donald R. McClarey, J.D.
Boy George Suffers Public Beatdown – J.K. Rowling on X
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register

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