VVEDNESDAY MID-DAY EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Why Islam Remains a Persisting Threat – Julio Loredo at Tradition, Family, & Property

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. The Outrageous Catholic Charities Story Just Got a Lot Worse – A. Stine at Return To Tradition
2. A Plea to Good Bishops – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine
3. Jesse Romero: Nothing Catholic about ‘Catholic Charities’ in the San Diego Diocese – Cmp Clr
4. Dreamt of Learning Latin? Here’s How You’ll Finally Do It – Thomas Mirus at Catholic Culture
5. The ‘Ordo Amoris’ & Half-Truths – Daniel B. Gallagher at the Catholic Thing
6. Hidden in Plain Sight: Medieval Fresco Shows Muslim Tents Used in Churches – Medievalists
7. Pope Francis Political Hobby Horse Exposed – Don. R. McClarey, J.D., at the American Catholic
8. Catholic Cartel: How Our Bishops are Making Millions Trafficking in Human Misery – Stream
9. What Will Be Pope Francis’ Lasting Reform of the Reform & Papal Legacy? – Fr. A.J. McDonald
10. It’s Difficult to Celebrate the University of Notre Dame Like We Once Did – Angelus News

Honorable Mentioned:
U.K. Bishop Responds to Murder of 15-year-old Catholic Schoolboy – The Catholic Herald
A Confession – Jackie Dettling, O.C.D.S., at The Catholic Thing
Catholic Charities NY Have Concerns; Note Fed Efforts to Catch Criminals as Legitimate – CH

Analysis and Punditry:
The Pope Is Not Not Infallible – Parker Manning at Catholic Answers Magazine
Defending the Faith of the Bard: Strindberg on Shakespeare’s Catholicism – Joseph Pearce
Henri de Lubac: Pilgrim of Hope, Witness to Jesus Christ – Fr. Robert P. Imbelli at What We. . .
Faith, Civil Society, & the American Founding – Barbara J. Elliott at the IC

News:
Spanish Diocese Cancels Parish Prep Course for Blessing Irregular Couples – Cthlc World Report
Statues Of Blessed Virgin Mary Damaged At Maryland Church – WBAL
Shooting Victims Remembered by Pope Francis & Sweden’s Cardinal – J.A. Esteves at OSV News

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
A Parent’s Crusade Against Woke Ideology in Catholic Education – The Cardinal Newman Society
Tennessee Bishops Welcome ‘Landmark’ School Choice Voucher Program – Cthlc World Report

The Illegal Immigration Debate:
Augustine, Aquinas, & Natural Law vs. Wooly Bromides – The American Catholic
Ordo Amoris: Putting the American People First – The American Postliberal
Should Christian Ministries Take Government Funds? – Warren Cole Smith at Religion Unplugged

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Saint Valentine’s Week Date Challenge – St. Thomas The Apostle Catholic Church

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Trump’s NGO Apocalypse – Rod Dreher at the European Conservative
USAID Defunded, Ends Politico Funding, Politico Layoffs – Rod Dreher at Rod Dreher’s Diary
U.S. Hospitals Stop ‘Transitioning’ Kids after Trump OrderMary Margaret Olohan at Daily Wire

International Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Sweden School Shooting: Police Warn Against Online ‘Misinformation’ – Michael Curzon

Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
U.S. To Take Over Gaza – Rod Dreher at Rod Dreher’s Diary
Mar-a-Gaza: A More Peaceful Middle East – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at the American Catholic

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Miraculous Conversion of Alphonse Ratisbonne – Roberto de Mattei, Ph.D., at Trdn, Fm, & Prp
I Can’t Even. . . Trump, Greenland, & Gaza, Oh My! – Saint Louis Catholic
Amicizia Christiana Groups Did Everything for the Good of Souls – Tradition, Family, & Property
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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