FRIDAY EARLY-MORNING EDITION

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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Priest Warns: Christian Town in Israel No Longer Safe Amid Jewish Attacks – NC Register
Doug Keck Retires From EWTN – Jonah McKeown at National Catholic Register

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Vatican Security Rattled by Unruly Crowd at Papal Audience – Catholic World News
2. Priest Warns: Christian Town in Israel No Longer Safe Amid Jewish Attacks – NC Register
3. Competitive Sports Are Bad for Girls – Johann Kurtz at Becoming Noble
4. Doug Keck Retires From EWTN – Jonah McKeown at National Catholic Register
5. They Use the 1965 Roman Missal With Some 1970 Missal Adaptations! Wow! – Fr. McDonald
6. Is the Traditional Latin Mass Booming? – Stephen P. White at The Catholic Thing
7. Why the Old Mass Isn’t Broken & the New Mass Can’t Be Fixed – 1 Peter 5
8. Teens Could Face 13 Years in Prison for Destroying Gay Pride Flags – Mt. Archbold at CMR
9. Pope Leo XIV: Pope Francis’ Legacy of Synodality Is a Style, Attitude – Natl Catholic Register
10. Ask Father: Looking Again at the Issue of Friday Abstinence – Fr. Z’s Blog

Pope Leo XIV Sweet Order’s Reign Embrace:
Pope Leo XIV’s Secret Weapon: The Radiance of Christian Joy – National Catholic Register
A Month with Pope Leo XIV: His First Steps as Pope – Rome Reports
Pope Leo XIV Urges Law Enforcement to Target Drug Traffickers, Not Addicts – NC Register

Analysis and Punditry:
How We Help ‘Gay’ Men & Women ‘Leave Pride Behind’ – Jennifer Roback Morse at Align
The Myth of Magic Soil – S.A. McCarthy at The American Spectator
Revival or Renaissance? – Jeffrey Bruno at Words & Pictures by Jeffrey Bruno
The Truth of Beauty – Joseph Pearce at Trending with Timmerie
Supreme Court Could Revisit Same-Sex Legal Unions – Catholics for Catholics
Obergefell 10 Years Later: Cultural Impact of Same-Sex “Marriage” & Where It Stands – Reg
Independent Fundamentalist Baptists: Modern Groups & Subcultures – Josh Barzon
The Rise of the Movement to Revive Classical Architecture – Tyler Syck at Law & Liberty
Poll: Majority Supports Teacher-Led Prayer in Public Schools – Mark Keierleber at The 74

News:
13% of Catholics Attend TLM, Traditionalists are 7.1% of All Practicing Catholics in US – R Cæli

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Classical Education & American Literature – Joseph Pearce at Memoria College

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Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Cistercian Abbey in Germ., Moms May Spur Sons to Be Open to Priesthood & More – The Reg
How Catherine of Genoa Became the Saint of “Divine Love” – Robert de Mattei, D.Phil., at TFP
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Culture of Death Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Scary Accuracy of Pope Paul VI’s 1968 Prophecy (Fr. Josiah) – Lila Rose

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
After Decades of Failure, American Educators Fear a Christian Invasion More than Anarchy – TFP
New York Elite’s New Boy Wonder, Zoram Mamdani – Anthony Chase Fountain at The Taos Tattler

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Humane, Flourishing Middle East Needs Redrawn Borders & Population Moves – RCPolitics

Awaiting the Last Crusade:
The Global Jihadist War on Christians & The West’s Moral Failure – Dan Burmawi at Project Ex

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, News, and Anecdotes:
This Might Come as a Shock – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
The Power of Rapid, Transforming Grace in the Soul of Fr. Hermann Cohen – Trad, Fam, & Prop
Unhinged Woman Arrested as TFP Protests “Drag Nuns” in Calif. – Tradition, Family, & Property
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
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