Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Christians Report ‘Very Pronounced Fear’ in Parts of Syria – Catholic World News
Nigerian Christmas Day Massacre Went Unreported for a Month – J.P. Mauro at Aleteia
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Vance vs. The Bishops on Immigration, Part II – Philip E. Lawler, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
2. What Should We Be Reading? – Brownstone Insight
3. But People Who Want the TLM Must Be Suppressed. . . – Fr. Z’s Blog
4. Why the Walls of Notre-Dame de Paris are Groaning – Fr. John A. Perricone at Crisis Magazine
5. Another Point of Catholic Identity Out with the Bathwater? – Fr. Z’s Blog
6. Patriotic Catholics Push Back Against Their Bishops’ Immigration Cash Grab – The Stream
7. Francis’s Disastrous Influence on World Affairs – William K. Kilpatrick, Ph.D., at Turning. . .
8. A Little Discrepancy – Fr. Z’s Blog
9. Unprecedented – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
10. One Day without Hell for Judas – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Honorable Mentioned:
Lifeguard Who Has Religious Objections to Pride Month Wins Claim – Religion Clause
Concerns About Pope’s Stamina for Holy Year Ahead Raised by First Jubilee Event – Cthlc Herald
What Does Catholic Teaching Actually Say About Immigration? – Complicit Clergy
Analysis and Punditry:
What We Need, & Don’t Need, Now – Francis X. Maier at The Catholic Thing
Claims That a Common Easter Would Foster Ecumenism are Exaggerated – J. Grondelski, Ph.D.
IVF & the Cross of Not Being Able to Conceive a Child – Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D., at Cthlc Culture
Catholics, Hippocrates, & Reforming American Medicine – George Weigel at Denver Catholic
News:
Visionary Laywoman Who Was Friend Of Padre Pio Declared Venerable – Catholic News Agency
Christmastide:
See: New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update
Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Be Still & Read, the Rise of Classical Education – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at the IC
The Catholic Charities Scandal:
Wisconsin Catholic Charities Tax-Exempt Goes Before Supreme Court – Complicit Clergy
Catholic Charities Urges Trump Administration to ‘Rethink’ Freeze on NGO Funding – CNA
President Donald J. Trump:
Banning Transition for Minors – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Chaucer Now Comes With Trigger Warnings at University of Nottingham – Ant. M. Esolen, Ph.D.
Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Sending Troops to Greenland? Macron’s Latest Stunt – Michael Curzon at the EC
Mess With the Bull & You Get the Horns – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Et Cetera. . . Pop Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Surprisingly Catholic Origins of Groundhog Day – Philip Kosloski at Aleteia
Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Unlocking the Secret Spiritual & Organizational Connections between Amicizia & Aa – TFP
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
A Guide to Women’s Rights: Let Them Be Born – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at TACatholic
Cardinal Zen: It Would Make Sense to Have a Saint as Jubilee Patron, Not Luce – TACatholic
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
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