FRIDAY EARLY-MORNING EDITION

Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Final Considerations of the 2nd Study Commission on the Female Diaconate – Fr. Z’s Blog
Before & After: The Restoration of Belmont Chapel in Newport, Rhode Island – Liturgical Arts Jour
20 of the Very Best G.K. Chesterton Quotes – Alex R. Hey at Epic Pew

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General Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Video: A Major Shakeup Of The Vatican Is Coming – Anthony Stine, Ph.D.
Leo Continues To Correct The Wrongful Manipulations Of Francis – Fr. Allan J. McDonald
One Insult After Another: The Heresy in “One Battle After Another” – Catholic Stand Magazine
Why I Always Have & Always Will Call Myself “Catholic” Before “Christian” – John Mac Ghlionn
No to Sacrilegious Football ‘Baptisms’ – Tom Nash at Catholic Answers Magazine
Video: The Unfortunate Truth Of Pope Leo’s Ecumania – Anthony Stine, Ph.D.
In Polarized America, Planned Parenthood’s Influence Disintegrates – Tradition, Family, & Prop
Just Say No . . . To Deaconesses! – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern Orders
Meta’s Child Sex-Trafficking Problem – Nathan Witkin at After Babel
American Religious Affiliations – if the U.S. had just 100 People – Pew Research
How the Liturgy Guides Us to Live the Mass Beyond Sunday – St. Dominic Media
ZdK Proposes Catholic Tax in Germany Shakeup – Luke Coppen at The Pillar
Maria Esperanza’s High-Tech Prophecy – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
Video: Pope Leo Appoints A Heretic Bishop To Transform The Church In Poland – A. Stine, Ph.D.
Climate Doom Is Not Science – Ross Clark at The Spectator World
Our Friend Paul Badde & the Volto Sancto (Rest in Peace, My Friend) – Steve Ray

Catholic (Classical) Liberal Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
How the Classical Education Movement Is Rescuing a Lost Generation – The American Spectator
Newman, the North Star for the Renewal of Education – George A. Harne at The Imaginative. . .
Five Kreeft Classics for Catholic College Students – Mike Schramm at Epic Pew

Secular and Other Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
U.S. Colleges Are Rapidly Losing Relevance – Larry Sand at American Greatness
How A.I. Is Changing Higher Education – Jon Krause at The Chronicle of Higher Education
Civics Education Gaining Ground in K-12 & Higher Education – Aaron Gifford at The Epoch Times

Thursday Early-Morning Edition Top-10:
1. Why Are So Many Young Priests Leaving Ministry? – National Catholic Register
2. A Modest Proposal for Reeducating the Bishops – Greg Cook at Crisis Magazine
3. Fishwrap’s Michael Sean Winters Apoplectic Over Leo’s Reversals of Francis – Fr. A.J. McDonald
4. Ask Father: Does Communicant have Right to Receive Communion from a Cleric? – Fr. Z’s Blog
5. Neglected Highlights Of Pope Leo’s First Voyage – Philip F. Lawler, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
6. C.S. Lewis: More Evidences of Anti-Catholic Prejudice – David Armstrong
7. Catholic Family News Folds – Catholic Family News
8. The Archbishop Of Detroit Cannot Blame Pope Leo XIV – Frater Spiritus
9. Pope Leo XIV’s Growing Scandal in Failing to Oust Tucho – Complicit Clergy
10. The Crisis of Decorum in Dress – Amanda Farnum at Crisis Magazine

Thursday Early-Morning Edition Honorable Mention:
Pro-Abort Bullies Get a Bloody Nose, Good – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report
Early Christians Venerated Mary like Catholics! – Suan Sonna at Catholic Answers Magazine
The Heights of Arrogance & Foolishness (Vatican II) – D.R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

Recent Posts:
THVRSDAY EARLY-MORNING EDITION – BIG PVLPIT
VVEDNESDAY EARLY-MORNING EDITION – BIG PVLPIT
TVESDAY EARLY-MORNING EDITION – BIG PVLPIT

Liturgical References:
Daily Readings: Novus Ordo Mass (U.S.) – United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Daily Readings: Novus Ordo Mass (Nigeria) – Nigeria Catholic Network
Daily Readings: Novus Ordo Mass (Canada) – Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Daily Readings: Novus Ordo Mass (U.K.) – Alive Publishing
Daily Readings: Novus Ordo Mass (Australia) – Diocese of Parramatta
Daily Readings: Novus Ordo Mass (Ireland) – Church Support Group
Daily Readings: Novus Ordo Mass (New Zealand) – Universalis
Daily Readings: Traditional Latin Mass – Latin Mass Helper
Order of Mass: Novus Ordo – Universalis
Mass Times for Travel – MassTimes.org
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – BIG PVLPIT
Find a Relic Anywhere in the World – The Relic Project

Bible References:
Douay-Rheims Bible – Douay-Rheims Bible Online
Revised Standard Version – Catholic Edition Bible – EWTN
Haydock Catholic Bible – Haydock Commentary Online

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
China’s Supply Chain Control Is a Ticking Time Bomb – Gary Isbell at Tradition, Family, & Property

The Coming Fratricide in Europe:
Targeting Christians at Christmas, Attacking a Culture They Chose to Join – Victor Davis Hanson

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
King Arthur – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

Et Cætera. . . Other Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Are You Sure He Didn’t Go to the University of Illinois? – Don McClarey at The American Catholic
Three Things that Impressed Me Before St. Therese’s Relics – Tradition, Family, & Property
Need to Know – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, News, and Anecdotes:
Mamdani’s Socialist Grocery Store: Shopping in the Aisle of Denial – Gary Isbell at TFP
How to be Catholic: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
BIG PVLPIT’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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