MONDAY MID-DAY EDITION

Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit Links:
1. Liberal Bishop Cancels Catholic Priest for Preaching the Gospel – Catholic Unscripted
2. Yet Another Historic Church Goes Boom, Hmmm. . . – Mt. Archbold at Creative Minority Report
3. Defending Yourself Against a Curse, Should Catholics Practice Yoga, & More Links – Register
4. A Day of Marvels – Fr. Z’s Blog
5. Office of the Dead Booklet, How We Dress at Holy Mass Matters, & More Links – NC Register
6. Confirmation that Remains of Christopher Columbus in Seville & He Likely was Jewish – C Her
7. Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Cherokee Leader Stand Watie – Paul G. Kengor, Ph.D., at Am Spect
8. DNA Reveals Christopher Columbus Was A Jew – David L. Gray
9. PopeWatch: Foot in the Door – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
10. Everyone Makes Fun of Catholics Until They Need an Exorcism – D. McClarey, J.D., at TACthlc

Columbus Day (America):
“Columbus is Ours!” – Roberto de Mattei, D.Phil., at Corrispondenza Romana via Rorate Caeli
Universities Have Canceled Christopher Columbus More Than a Dozen Times – The College Fix
Christopher Columbus: America’s Saintly Founder – Michael Ippolito at Crisis Magazine
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
It’s Monday, October 14 and It’s Columbus Day in the Ordo for Mass – Fr. Allan J. McDonal
Yes, We Should Celebrate Columbus Day – Peter Wolfgang at Catholic Culture
Thanksgiving for Columbus Day! – Timothy S. Flanders at 1 Peter 5

News:
Archaeologists Uncover One of the World’s Oldest Christian Churches – Andrea Margolis
Sport a Little Texture: Corduroy – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist

Punditry and Analysis:
Behind Syro Malabar Church Schism, a Raging Battle between Conservatives & Liberals – H John
A Church Maligned: Irish Government Continues to Slander the Church – Dualta Roughneen at EC
What the LGBTQ Community Needs from the Church – Amy E. Hamilton, Ph.D., at Mercator
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
Report: CCP is ‘Trying to Sever the Catholic Church in China From the Pope’ – The Am Spectator
Social Contract Theory in the Ruins? – Paul R. DeHart, Ph.D., at Public Discourse
US Catholic Hospitals Perform Gender-Mutilation Surgeries on Children – J. Gomes, Ph.D.
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San Francisco’s “Prop O” Aims to Destroy Crisis Pregnancy Centers – Ann Hendershott at CWR

Catholic Education News, Punditry, and Analysis:
‘See the World Through a Sacramental Lens’: Bishop Conley on Education – NC Register

Synod on Synodality:
Authentic “Walking Together” – Fr. Z’s Blog
The Synod on Synodality: Petering Out Into Irrelevance? – Aub. Gulick at The American Spectator
The Synod and the Catholic Imagination – Robert Royal, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing

Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Is a Vote for Trump Formal Cooperation with Evil? – Mary Ann Kreitzer at Les Femmes
Man of the Last Century – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Harrison Butker Endorses President Trump on Weight of One ‘Crucial’ Issue – Michael Blinn
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert Edwards
The Plagues of Ukraine: War and Demographic Collapse – Louis T. March at Mercator
UK Fertility Rates Experience Sharpest Decline in G7 – Nick Hallett at The European Conservative
U.S. Sending Troops and Anti-Missile System to Israel – Michael Curzon at The European. . .

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