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Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. The Great Chicago Schism of 2025! – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
2. Eucharistic Crudeness: The Carlo Acutis & Andrea Grillo Wrangling – Amy Welborn at CWB
3. Leo Appoints a Second Bishop in Favor of Women’s Ordination – Chris Jackson at Hiraeth In. . .
4. Andrea Grillo Should Be Sidelined Under Leo Over Carlo Acutis Wrangling – Fr. A.J. McDonald
5. Mission Abandoned: How the Coalition for Canceled Priests Failed Its Calling – Dan Sevigny
6. Modernist Attacks Corpus Christi Processions as Symbols of Pomp, Power, & Hierarchy – CC
7. They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions; The Answers Sent Them Spiraling – Kashmir Hill
8. Liturgical Music Can Teach Value of Unity in Diversity, Pope Leo XIV Says – CNS via OSV News
9. The Ever Tolerant Left – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
10. Before & After: Restorations of the Facade of Sts. Nereo e Achilleo Church in Rome – LAJ
The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
Pepino & Fimister Attack Catholics Rejecting Vatican II’s Novel Religious Liberty – WM Review
Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Cryptic Creation: Her Unknown Language & Unknown Letters – Mdvls
Petrocentrism: A Problem? – George Weigel at First Things
A Franciscan Controversy Over Carlo Acutis’ Wish to be Buried in Assisi – Catholic Conclave
When a Monk Helped a Soviet Bureaucrat Take Up an Unlikely Profession – P. Kwasniewski, Ph.D.
Sacred Or Scandalous? Catholic Shrines Take Different Approaches to Rupnik’s Art – The Reg
Reviving Christendom – Fr. Mario Alexis Portella at Crisis Magazine
Why June 2025 Is Uniquely Special for the Sacred Heart – Sister Annabelle Moseley at Aleteia
Measuring the Success of the Eucharistic Revival – Complicit Clergy
Nearly Half of Americans Have Connection to Catholic Faith – Pew Research Center
News:
Political Commentator Ben Shapiro Meets with Pope Leo XIV – Catholic World News
Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Old-School Blue Books Make a Comeback to Beat A.I. Cheating at Colleges – The Remnant
Classical Catholic High School in DC to Open Second Location in Diocese of Arlington – CNA
The Historic Shift of Red States’ School Vouchers – David Osborn at The 74
Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
June, Fatima, & Iran – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update
Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Ritualized Confrontation Between MAGA & the Neocons – Paul Gottfried at Chronicles
Communism Should Have the Leper Status of Nazism – Don McClarey at The American Catholic
Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Most Bishops are Far Better in Theory Than in Practice – Don McClarey & Damian Thompson
Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Why Isn’t Russia Defending Iran? – Hanna Notte at The Atlantic
Regime Change Would Be Unlikely to Bring Democracy to Iran – A. Thomas at Asia Times
Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Parents’ Political Beliefs Shape U.S. Baby Names – Natalie McMullin at Daily Trojan
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
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