VVEDNESDAY EARLY-AFTERNOON EDITION

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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Church Leaders: It’s Time for Nigeria’s Christians to Defend Themselves – N.K. Chimtom at CWR
John Senior’s Star Is Rising – Sean Fitzpatrick at Crisis Magazine
John-Henry Westen is No Longer CEO & Editor-in-Chief of Life Site News – Life Site

Pope Leo XIV Sweet Order’s Reign Embrace:
Taylor Marshall: Rome’s Huge Crowds! Never Seen Anything Like This! – Catholic Unscripted
Pope Leo XIV Shares Message to Pilgrims at Historic Mass in Canterbury Cathedral – Ed Pentin
Power, Politics, & an American Pope – For Pete’s Sake
Papal Friend Suggests How Leo XIV Will Spend His Vacation: Writing an Encyclical – OSV News
What Leo XIV’s Thesis Reveals About His Theology of Leadership – National Catholic Register

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
German Bishops Use Synodality To Embrace Sin & Decadence – Complicit Clergy
Modernist Longing for a New Council, Long-Term Goal of Synodalists – Catholic Conclave
Vatican Pushes ‘New Way of Being Church’ in 3-Year Synod Rollout Plan – Michael Haynes

Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Is NFP Finally Breaking Into Medical Schools? – Zoey Maraist at OSV News
Why Enemies of Tradition in Africa Miss the Point – The African Sentry at Gumisiriza’s Substack
When Doing Good Is Just Not Enough – Pamela Mandela at Catholic Stand
Toulouse Archbishop Appoints Convicted Rapist as Diocesan Chancellor – Catholic Herald
Bp Rojas (Calif.) Dispenses Catholics f/Sunday Mass Because of Illegal Alien Arrests – Fr. Zed
Cuban Bishops Conference Fails to Condemn the Cause of Cuba’s Plight: Communism – TFP
On John-Henry Westen & the Defense of Truth – Bishop Joseph Strickland
Our ‘Common Home’ & Christian Realism – Robert Royal, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing
The Purge at Life Site News: Why John-Henry Westen Had to Go – Chris Jackson at Hiraeth In. . .
I Just Want To Say Thank You – Steve Skojec at The Skojec File
Italian Priest’s Suicide Underscores Humanity of Priests – Daniel Esparza at Aleteia
Heads Explode Over Tucho’s Latest Remarks – Christine Niles, J.D., at Forward Boldly

News:
Seven Weeks Coffee Hits Milestone in Donations Given to Pro-Life Organizations – CNA via CWR
Six Million Visitors to Notre Dame Cathedral in Six Months – Kielce Gussie at Vatican News
Incredible Drone Show Over Croatia – Spirit Daily Blog

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Grades Drop Drastically in Father-Absent Homes – Lisa Britton on X

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

Culture of Death Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Grades Drop Drastically in Father-Absent Homes – Lisa Britton on X

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
DEI Justice: Sotomayor Hands Ketanji Her Lunch – D.R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Catholic Perseverance in a Hostile 19th-Century America – Tradition, Family, & Property
Jobs Americans Will Do – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
July 9, 1864: Battle of Monocacy – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Don’t Forget About the Superpowers – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, News, and Anecdotes:
A Wonderful Papal Comment & Gesture. . . – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern Orders
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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