MONDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Islamist Takeover in Nigeria Places Christian Community on Brink of Extinction – Cthlc Vote
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Visited Big Pulpit Links:
1. Immaculate Conception Church in Saint Omer Up In Flames – Jim Hoft
2. Guide to All Kids’ Shows, Movies Not Pushing LGBTQ Characters, Content – S. Smith, J.D.
3. Disgracefully, a Catholic Cardinal Fronts for Abortion – S. McCarthy at The American Spectator
4. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Celebrates Sodomy – M. Hichborn at Lepanto Institute
5. I Really Only Had Two Reasons to “Veil” at Mass – Leila Marie Lawler at Happy Despite Them
6. Trump Responds to Pro-Life Pressure – Jonathan Van Maren at First Things
7. Canadian Pastor Convicted of ‘Criminal Harassment’ After Opposing Drag Queens – PM
8. Priests Preaching Politics – Fr. Jerry Pokorsky at Catholic Culture
9. Just a Pinch of Incense, Vatican Uses BCE/CE in Place of BC/AD – Catholic Unscripted
10. False Antiquarianism and Liturgical Reform – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at NLM

News:
Vatican Approves Devotion to Our Lady of Mercy at Shrine of Pellevoisin, France – Vatican News
Blessed Michael McGivney Relic Pilgrimage by Knights of Col. to Tour Texas Dioceses – CV
Breaking Bad Outfits, Not Budgets – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist

Punditry and Analysis:
When Theology Must Fall Silent, The Retreat That Never Ends & More – NC Register
Are We Losing a Sense of the Sacred? – F. Andrew Wolf, Jr., at Catholic Exchange
Jesuit University ‘Students of Color’ Program Draws Federal Complaint – The College Fix
Exorcism Need? After Mocking Christians, Paris Puts Olympic Bell in N. Dame Cathedral – WTH
Capuchin Priest Passed Himself Off as a Doctor and Nobleman to Swindle – Zenit
Paid Sick Leave on the Ballot in Nebraska: What Catholics Should Know – Catholic News Agency
Catholic Publisher, Ascension, Named in Fortune’s Top 10 Small Businesses – Cthlc World Report
Labor Day at the Shrine of the North American Martyrs – Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer at Catholic Stand
Trump’s Disturbing Support of IVF – Msgr. Richard C. Antall at Crisis Magazine
IALAC: A Pathway to Personal Growth and Healing – Dennis Dillon at Catholic Stand
The Conservative Student on the Liberal Campus – Jeffrey Polet at The Acton Institute
Labor Unions, the Catholic Church, and Postmodern Deception – Fr. George E. Schultz, S.J.
Support Big Pulpit & Donate Now to This Evangelizing Apostolate – Tito Edwards
Bishops Decry Workers’ Low Pay, Erratic Shifts, Weak Protections – Baltimore Catholic Review
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit, Tito Edwards, on X – Tito Edwards
Labor Day Is a Good Time to Say Thank You to St. Joseph, Patron of Workers – Les Femmes
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
In Our Labor, We Participate in God’s Plan for Creation – Peter Laffin at NC Register
Bishops on Labor Day: Honor ‘Human Dignity of All Who Labor’ – Catholic World Report
Pope Leo XIII’s Encyclical Promoting Labor and Condemning Socialism: Rerum Novarum – CNA

Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Silent Prayer Could Soon Become a Crime – Andrew Tettenborn at Spiked
Reagan Film: Fan vs Critics Rating – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Hiding from the Public Hasn’t Helped Kamala – Don. R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Movie Review: Reagan – The Catholic Philadelphian at Catholic365

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