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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Clothed with Beauty: The Book On Dress We Have All Been Waiting For – The Lady’s Quill
Before & After (& After Again): Update from Holy Innocents in Long Beach, Calif. – Lit Arts Journal
Bp Schneider: Real Vatican Talks w/S.S.P.X. Would Mark The End of Modernist Project – D. Mont
Leo XIV Embraces Serene Order’s Reign:
Vatican City Mints New Coins Featuring Face of Pope Leo XIV – Toronto Catholic Register
Pope Leo XIV on Liturgy: Priests Must Remain Faithful to Mass Rubrics – EWTN News
General Analysis, Punditry, and News from Around the Catholic Blogosphere:
Spirit of Vatican II Mass & T.L.M. Bubbles: The Mysteries of Faith – Amy Welborn at CWB
LeoWatch: Presentism; Felt Banner Catholicism of the 1970s – Donald R. McClarey, J.D.
Insult to the Mother of God in Spain (Video), But Remember! T.L.M. Is the Problem! – Fr. Z’s Blog
Hospitality Becomes Holy: St. Martha – Alexandra Greeley at Catholic Stand Magazine
Review: Science, Reason, & Faith Catholic Study Bible (R.S.V.-C.E.) – Marc at Catholic Bible Talk
Bish Olson of Forth Worth Threatens S.S.P.X. Supporters with Excommunication – Compl Clergy
This Is Spot on. . . Awful but Spot On – Fr. Z’s Blog
Video: What I Saw in Steubenville Shocked Me – Brian Holdsworth
Max Kolbe & the Power of Total Consecration to Our Lady – Brother J. Freyaldenhoven at CSM
Bishop Eleganti: Islam ‘Cannot be Integrated’ into The West – Complicit Clergy
A Message From Cardinal Burke to Readers of Fr. Z’s Blog – August 2026 – Fr. Z’s Blog
Gird Your Loins With Truth – Nathan Krupa at Catholic Stand Magazine
“Catholic” Governor Healey vs. The Church: Excommunication Or. . .? – Leila Marie Lawer at HDT
General Analysis, Punditry, and News from Catholic Media:
Why Church Leaders Fear for Arab Christian Taybeh’s Future in Samaria – L. Coppen at The Pillar
‘I Want to Believe (in God)’ – Randall B. Smith, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing
For Gen-Z, It’s Not Weimar—It’s TikTok – Anne B. Hendershott, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine
New Film ‘American Martyr’ Tells Story of Oklahoma Priest & Martyr Stanley Rother – CWR
Does the Vatican Regard Freemasonry as a Big Deal, or Not? – Ed. Condon at The Pillar
The Cardinal Newman Society Partners with The Catholic Herald – The Cardinal Newman Society
Israel’s Christians Rely on Faith & Allies as They Fear Rising Harassment – Crux
D.E.I. Is Safari for Leftists; They Want Skins, Pelts to Hang On the Wall – New Oxford Review
African Liturgists Call for End to Folklorization & Theatricalization of Inculturation – Agenz Fides
L.G.B.T.Q. Activism at California Catholic High Schools – The Cardinal Newman Society
Video: What Fertility Clinics Don’t Tell You About I.V.F. – Jennifer Roback Morse, Ph.D., at Ruth Inst
When Will the Covid-Era Bishops Be Held Accountable? – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at Crisis
Video: The W.N.B.A. Has a Problem – The Loop Cast
General Analysis, Punditry, and News from Everywhere Else:
The Trumpening Is Becoming The Unraveling – Rod Dreher at Rod Dreher’s Diary
Bishops & the L.G.B.T. Agenda: The Church Isn’t a Social Club – S.A. McCarthy at The Americ Spect
Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Math & Latin Are the Most Important Subjects – California Catholic Daily
Top-10 News Stories from Yesterday’s Monday Edition:
1. Meet Three Dioceses Seeing Large Numbers of Priestly Ordinations – Catholic World Report
2. Leo XIV: The Roche Letter That Exposes the Charlatans – Silere Non Possum
3. Where-in I Disagree With Fr. Z. . .but Not Entirely. . . – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern Orders
4. “Just Say the Black & Do the Red to Get a Reverent Mass” Is a Limited Solution – Amy Welborn
5. Excommunication of “Catholic” Governor Healey? Not Gonna Happen – Philip F. Lawler, Ph.D.
6. U.S.C.C.B. Will Ignore “Catholic” Govn’r Healey Signing Into Law Infanticide – D. McClarey, J.D.
7. Leo XIV, Procrastinator? – Andrea Gagliarducci at Monday Vatican
8. Pope Leo Appoints Freemason to the Vatican – David Martin at The Daily Knight
9. U.S.C.C.B. Pres Abp Coakley: Not Sure We’ve Heard the Last Word on T.L.M. from Leo – Ror Cæli
10. Parents Beg Pope Leo To Halt L.G.B.T. Indoctrination In Catholic Schools – Complicit Clergy
Honorable Mentioned:
‘The World Is Not Waiting for a Synodal Church’ – Edward Pentin at Edward Pentin’s Substack
Bishop Calls Out the “Celebrity Pope” Problem – Prayerful Posse via The American Catholic
LeoWatch: Silence Implies Consent – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Catholic References:
How to be Catholic: A Step-by-Step Guide – EWTN News via National Catholic Register
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
Continuous Updates of Attacks Worldwide Against Christians – Christianophobie.fr
Catholic Prophecy Encyclopedia – Prophetical.org
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
Daily Readings:
Novus Ordo Mass (America) – 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
Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical & Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Winston Churchill on ‘Encountering’ the Truth – The American Catholic
The Coming End of Civil Peace – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Take off the Rose Colored Glasses – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
St. John Paul II Scolding a Spirit of Vatican II Priest – D.R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
To Be a Communist, Intelligent, & Good is Utterly Incompatible – Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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