Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
We Need Your Donations. . . and Prayers – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Study: Religious Freedom Hits Historic Low Levels in Key US Election Battleground States – CH
The Great Paradox of Medieval Monasticism, Benedictine Byzantium, & More Links – Register
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Nevada Volleyball Players Speak Out at Pro-Women Sports Rally – Grace Porto at Catholic Vote
Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit Links:
1. Worst Thing to Come out of the Vatican Since the Last Awful Thing – Creative Minority Report
2. I Ask the Readership a Serious Question; No, Really, the Mascot for the Jubilee – Fr. Z’s Blog
3. Pope Francis’ Fraught Negotiations With the Cultural Left – Msgr. Charles C. Pope at OSV
4. Meet ‘Luce’: Vatican’s Cartoon Mascot for Jubilee 2025 – C. Mares at Catholic News Agency
5. What the NY Times Missed in the Latest Encyclical: The Whole Point – Philip F. Lawler, Ph.D.
6. Vatican Plumps for Global Lifestyle Brand as Mascot for Holy Year 2025 – Catholic Unscripted
7. NY Chinatown’s Catholic Church Vandalized During Mass – Hannah Hiester at Catholic Vote
8. Cardinal Müller Warns Bishops About Betraying The Faith – Edward Pentin
9. What are the Consequences of Francis’s Theology? In-Depth Analysis by Dr. John Lamont – RC
10. Deacon Asselin Upset that WaPo Didn’t Endorse Kamala – An Archd. of Washington Catholic
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USCCB Urge Donations to Anti-Poverty Initiative Ahead of World Day of the Poor – Catholic Vote
Augustine Inst: Based on a True Saint Doc Showing Humanity of Modern Saints – Ignitum Today
Deconstructing Discernment, Are We Well, Sorcerers Turned Saints, & More Links – NC Register
Court Rules in Favor of Jewish Families Regarding Special Education Funding in Calif. – CNA
Minivan Driver Plows Into Crowd at Pro-Life Event in Mexico, Injuring 16 – Catholic World Report
Cardinal Renato Martino, Longtime Vatican Diplomat, Dies at 91 – Catholic News Agency
U.S. Bishops Respond to Religious Freedom Report: ‘Primary & Inalienable Right’ – Catholic Vote
Punditry and Analysis:
Priest Unveils the Catholic Roots of Halloween: Is it Still Okay to Celebrate? – ChurchPOP
A “Traditional Ordinariate”: A Good Idea or. . . – Brother Antoine-Marie de Araujo, S.S.V.F., at RC
Príncipi Case: Pope’s Chief of Staff Attempted To Reinstate Convicted Sex Abuser – Nick Hallett
Their Amen: The Feast of All Saints – Msgr. Charles C. Pope at Catholic Spiritual Direction
Ukrainian Priest in Russian Detention: ‘Their Goal Was to Break Us’ – A. Babynskyi at The Pillar
A Response to the Feminist Demand for Priestly Ordination: Contemplate Mary – Kar. Darantière
Catholic Education News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Kids Should Be Taught to Think Logically – Vinay K. Chaudhri at SciAm
Synod on Synodality:
Deaconesses, ‘Sexuality’ & More: Here’s How Synod Final Document Changed f/Draft – The Reg
Political News, Punditry, and Analysis:
A Prayer for our Nation as we Prepare to Elect our Leaders – Catholics for Catholics
The Real Catholic Approach to Voting? With Dr. Janet Smith – Joe McClane at A Catholic Take
The Duty to Vote & the Non- Negotiables – Jesse Romero at Catholics for Catholics
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Catholic Vote Assails Harris for Pic w/Wicked Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Drag Nuns – Fox
The Month of October: Rosary Rings – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Halloween Is A Christian Holiday – Lila Rose
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert Edwards
Satanic Temple Tells Archdiocese of Atlanta That They Did Not Use Consecrated Host – CV
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