Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Beautiful Sculptured Marble of the Veiled Christ – Inside The Vatican Pilgrimages via Spir Daily Bl
May the Month of Mary:
Mary’s Maternal Love: Catholic Moms Share Their Favorite Marian Devotions – Jos. Pronechen
May is Mary’s Month: Seven Beautiful Ways to Honor Our Blessed Mother – Church Pop
Happy Mother’s Day:
Joy: Mom Beats Stage 3 Cancer While Pregnant, Welcomes Healthy Daughter – Live Action
Mothers Day is Children’s Day – Denise Trull at The Inscapist
We Celebrate Mothers, We’re Also Erasing Them – Them Before Us
Reclaiming the Dignity of Motherhood – Melanie Jean Juneau at Catholic Stand Magazine
Happy Mother’s Day: It’s Time to Give Womanhood Its Crown Back – Lisa Britton
‘Over This, Your White Grave’: Read the Poem JP2 Wrote for the Mother He Lost – Alyssa Murphy
Seven Mothers Who Struggle & Triumph in Catholic Novels – Kathleen N. Hattrup at Aleteia
We Sacrifice a Lot, But Gain Far More Than We Give – Kimberly Ells at Invincible Family Substack
Witnesses to Faith: Five Inspiring Mother’s Day Stories – Emily Chaffins at Catholic Exchange
10 May, The Feast of Saint Damien of Molokai:
St. Damien of Molokai – May 10 – Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was Both
A Quote from St. Damien of Molokai – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Leo XIV Embraces Serene Order’s Reign:
His Serene Holiness – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza, M.P.A., M.Phil., S.T.L., at First Things
One Year On: Leo XIV the Listening Pope – Edward Pentin at National Catholic Register
Rubio & the Pope: American Catholics Have Come a Long Way – Jf. Lord at The American Spectator
Pope Leo Thanks Moms on Mother’s Day – Kathleen N. Hattrup at Aleteia
Pope Leo XIV & Peru – Matthew E. Bunson, Ph.D., & Shannon Mullen at National Catholic Register
General Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The West Is Good – Tony Morley at National Review
Did You Know You Can Live With Some Religious Orders? – Theresa Civantos Barber at Aleteia
Ask Father: A Point About Papal Pronouncements & the Truth – Fr. Z’s Blog
Leo, Evil, & the Rosary: That Strange Phrase on the Night of His Election – Delia Buckley Gallagher
Changing “Attitudes” Toward Homosexuality as Prerequisite to Changing Doctrine – G. Gomulka
Online Subculture Promises Reality to Young Men but Breeds Grievance, a Dead End – City Journ
WDTPRS – 5th Sunday after Easter (V.O.): Liturgical Goop, Wherein Fr. Z Rants – Fr. Z’s Blog
St. Dominic’s, One of the Oldest Churches in D.C., Catches Fire – Nick Sortor via Spirit Daily Blog
Why Did Leo Appoint an Illegal Alien as a U.S. Bishop? – S.A. McCarthy at The American Spectator
Video: Gov Allegedly Meeting with Protestant Pastors About U.F.O. Disclosure – A. Stine, Ph.D.
Protestant Pastors Attended a U.F.O. Alien Disclosure Meeting – Destiny Image via Spir Daily Blog
Being Intelligent is Highly Overrated – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Fulton Sheen to Be Beatified, September 24 in St. Louis – EWTN News via Adoremus Bulletin
Power, Islamism, & the Crisis of Western Rationality – Shmuel Klatzkin at The American Spectator
Catholic Priest Suspended Over Blessing of Masonic Monument – T. Colsy at The Catholic Herald
Book Review: Catholic Feast Days – Alexandra Greeley at Catholic Stand Magazine
N.A.B.R.E. Farewell Tour – Bob Short at Catholic Bible Talk
Happily Excommunicated From The Synodal Church – Laramie Hirsch at The Weltgeist
On the Authority of the Magisterium – Andrew McGovern, Th.D., at Missio Dei Catholic
How My Faith Helped Me Recover Post Divorce – Trey Duncan at Catholic Stand Magazine
What A.I. Can’t Know – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
New Film on the Sacred Heart to Premier in June for 250th Anniversary of America – Rome Rep
New York Archdiocese Agrees $800 Million Abuse Settlement – The Catholic Herald
How to Carry Out Your Own Inner Spring Cleaning – Johanna Duncan at Zeale
The Strange Case of the German “Rebel Nuns” in Their 80s Who Made Global Headlines – Zenit
Athanasius Schneider & the Battle for the Catholic Faith – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D.
How Occultists Remade the World – Christopher Coome at Compact Magazine
It Is Appropriate for Priests to Drink Beer in Public – D. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Video: Leo Continues Some of the Worst Work of Francis – Anthony Stine, Ph.D., at Return To Trad
New Shrine Announced to Honor First American-Born Black Priest – National Catholic Register
Europe, America, & Bad Narratives: Ahmari vs. Mad King Strat; Muslims In The West – Rod Dreher
Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
St. Louis de Montfort Academy Celebrates Joyful Milestones with Cardinal Burke – Tr, Fam, & Pr
Teaching Students the Way the Founders Learned: Classical Education Makes a Comeback – CBN
Top-10 News Stories for the Saturday Afternoon Edition:
1. Talking S*** – Nathan Krupa at Catholic Stand Magazine
2. Synod Report Pushing Homosexuality Attacks the Sheep – Fr. Gerald E. Murray, J.C.D., at TCT
3. Rubio In Rome & The Synod Strikes Back – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
4. How We Know Anglicanism is False – Erick Ybarra
5. Itty-Bitty Disclosure Day In Washington – Rod Dreher at Rod Dreher’s Diary
6. Leo’s Book Picks, Plus Three Good Reads About Leo – Amy Smith at National Catholic Register
7. Fresh Outrage After Image Shows Israeli Soldier Desecrating Mary Statue – The Catholic Her
8. Pro Age Law for P*rnography: Non-White Cath 82%, Atheists 53% – Ryan P. Burge, Ph.D., on X
9. The Revolution That Dares Not Speak Its Name; Synodal Study Group #9 – The Latin Right
10. Card Müller, Former CDF Prefect, Blasts Synod Report on Doctrinal Issues – Ed Pentin
Honorable Mentioned News Stories for the Saturday Afternoon Edition:
Record Number of Bishops at LGBT Vigils, How the Church is Surrendering to Satan – Dail Com
The Numbers Behind the Religious Orders in Recent Times, 2026 – David’s Ruminations
How the Rosary Brought a Colorado Nursing Home Resident Into the Catholic Church – Zeale
Top-10 News Stories for the Last Week:
1. Archbishop Shares 10 Characteristics of His Thriving Seminary – EWTN News
2. A Priest Makes Space on Kneeler for Little Boy During Adoration – Hillbilly Catholic on X
3. A True Scoundrel – Fr. Z’s Blog
4. The Quiet Capture of the Las Cruces Diocese by the Neocatechumenal Way – Lepanto Institute
5. Antonio Vivaldi Was an Ordained Catholic Priest – Jeremy Wayne Tate on X
6. The Return of the Spanish Biretta – John Paul Sonnen at Liturgical Arts Journal
7. The Arguments About Mary Were Never Really About Her – Dennis Knapp at The Latin Right
8. How Opus Dei Has Infiltrated & Changed the Way the America is Governed – Financial Times
9. Video: Pope Leo Appoints Radical Political Activist American Bishops – Anthony Stine, Ph.D.
10. Leo’s First Encyclical Set for May 15 Debut – Daniel Esparza & Kathleen N. Hattrup at Aleteia
Honorable Mentioned News Stories for the Last Week:
St. Monica, Her Incipient Alcoholism, the Intervention That Saved Her – Fr. Z’s Blog
Abbot Primate of the Benedictines: “Mass in the Old Rite Can No Longer Be Eliminated” – NLM
This is How Post-Vatican II Church Works, Disobedience Becomes Enshrined Law – Fr. McDonald
Recent Post:
SATVRDAY AFTERNOON EDITION – BIG PVLPIT
Daily Readings:
Novus Ordo Mass (U.S.) – United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Traditional Latin Mass – Latin Mass Helper
Novus Ordo Mass (Nigeria) – Nigeria Catholic Network
Novus Ordo Mass (Australia) – Diocese of Parramatta
Novus Ordo Mass (Canada) – Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
Novus Ordo Mass (Ireland) – Church Support Group
Catholic References:
Find a Catholic Charity Anywhere in the World – Catholic Charity Finder
Ask Me Anything About the Catholic Faith – Catholic Questions
Find a Relic Anywhere in the World – The Relic Project
Douay-Rheims Bible – Douay-Rheims Bible Online
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition Bible – EWTN
Haydock Catholic Bible – Haydock Commentary Online
Mass Times for Travel – MassTimes.org
Catholic Prophecy Encyclopedia – Prophetical.org
Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
President Never – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
G.O.P. Strategist: Trump Surrounded By Anti-Catholic ‘Bigots’ – Raw Story via Spirit Daily Blog
Are We Smoking Away Our Sanity? – Gary Isbell at Tradition, Family, & Property
British Authorities Trying To Criminalize Christian Street Preaching – John Daniel Davidson
Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Ukraine’s Robot Cavalry – Andrew Stuttaford at National Review
The Kremlin’s Secret Plans for Post-War Russia – Owen Matthews at The Spectator
When Our Lady Defeated a Huguenot Army at Chartres – Tradition, Family, & Property
Et Cætera. . . Other Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Ted Turner’s Role in Bringing Two Major Civil War Films to the Screen – Francis P. Sempa, J.D.
The Count Who Understood How Leisure Prepares One for Battle – Tradition, Family, & Property
Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, News, and Anecdotes:
The Classic Learning Test (C.L.T.) is Challenging the S.A.T. Exam, The Leftists Are Enraged – TFP
How to be Catholic: A Step-by-Step Guide – EWTN News via National Catholic Register
Need Professional Fundraising Advice? – Brice Sokolowski at CatholicFundraiser.net
Helping You Build a Better Wardrobe – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Follow on X, BIG PVLPIT’s Editor-in-Chief – Robert “Tito” Edwards
A Thank You To Our Sponsor:
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property
