FRIDAY EARLY-MORNING EDITION

General Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Video: The Numbers Don’t Lie: The Catholic Faith Is in Freefall – Anthony Stine, Ph.D.
For the Crime of Being a Priest – The World Is Quiet Here
How the Liturgy Guides Us to Live the Mass Beyond Sunday – St. Dominic Media
Dropped Eucharists & Christ’s Secret Wound – Laramie Hirsch at The Weltgeist
The Magisterial Minimism of John Henry Newman – John F. Doherty at Public Discourse
Why Christians become Liberals & How to Avoid It Happening to You – The WM Review
The Tragedy of Christian Power Politics – Phoenix Contes at Public Discourse
Universal Causality – James Chastek, Ph.L., Ph.D., at Just Thomism
Society’s New ‘Sins’: Smoking & Having Too Many Kids – Dr. Ray Guarendi at The Reg
True-Ecumenism vs. False Ecumenism from a Traditional Catholic Priest. . . – Erick Ybarra
Even Liberal Protestants Must Commit – Casey Chalk at Catholic Answers Magazine
Biggest Question Our Culture Faces: to Hold or to Compromise? – Echoes from an Old Hollow Tree
The Irish Priest Who Became the Most Decorated Chaplain in U.S. History – Catholic Arena
The Catholic Meaning Behind the Color Blue – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
Good Fences Make Good Christians – Drew Belsky at Catholic Answers Magazine
Herodotus the Storyteller – Matthew K. Reising, Ph.D., at Law & Liberty
Brigitte Macron Catholic Controversy – Taylor R. Marshal, Ph.D., at Canterbury Tales

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– Robert “Tito” Edwards, Editor-in-Chief

Liturgical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
A Black Marian-Themed Cope from the Renaissance – Liturgical Arts Journal

Catholic (Classical) Liberal Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Pope Leo XIV’s Vision of Catholic Education – Daniel Guernsey at The Catholic Thing
Plato Meets Game Theory: How Schelling Points Explain the Power of Great Books – Big Think
An Introduction to Classical Education – Review by Emily Harrison at Classical Education Review

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

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
China’s Underpopulation & Overproduction Will Lead to Ruin – Tradition, Family, & Property
How a Trip to Poland Convinced Me that Socialism Works – Tradition, Family, & Property

Et Cætera. . . Other Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Rise & Fall of Liberal Catholicism in the Netherlands – Tradition, Family, & Property

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, News, and Anecdotes:
How the American TFP Was Able to Make Reparation in Vienna – Tradition, Family, & Property
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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The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property