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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
How American Catholics are Winning Souls Online, Fueling a Catholic Digital Renaissance – ChP
Vocations to Consecrated Virginity Are Growing, but They Need Support – Erin Kinsella

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Poor Fr. Robert Prevost, He Was So Pre-Vatican II at His Priestly Ordination – Fr. A. McDonald
2. Bishop Schneider’s Shocking Response to Latin Mass Restrictions – Joe McClane at ACT
3. CQ CQ CQ: #ZedNet – Pope Leo XIV Pays a Visit – Fr. Z’s Blog
4. It’s Time for the Disney Dad to End – Michael Perrone at Build The Village
5. Very Wise Words from Pope Leo about Polyphony in the Liturgy – New Liturgical Movement
6. On Immigration, U.S. Bishops See Only One Side – Philip E. Lawler, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
7. Why the Modernists Dislike Heiligenkreuz So Much – Catholic Conclave
8. Profane Paradise: The Living Death of Deconsecrated Churches – Catholic Conclave
9. World’s Smartest Man Professes Christian Faith on Social Media – Catholic World Report
10. What the Devil Gains from False Apparitions – Patti M. Armstrong at Natl Catholic Register

Pope Leo XIV Sweet Order’s Reign Embrace:
Let’s Pray That Leo XIV Will Be in Liturgical Continuity with His Namesake Leo XIII – Fr McDonald
Where is Synodality Going? Eco-Feminisation of the Church & Denial of Transcendence – C Cnclv

Analysis, Punditry, and News:
To Their Surprise, Scientists Find Limits to Artificial Intelligence – Tradition, Family, & Prprty
‘The Entombment of Christ’ Draws Crowds in Japan – Keiko Kurane at UCA News
Did Judas Receive Holy Communion? & Was He Ordained a Priest? – Fr. Henry J. Coleridge, S.J
Will Brisbane’s New Archbishop Bring Change? – Luke Coppen at The Pillar
What is the Earliest Depiction of Mary? – Get Fed
The Veils of the Balustrade (or Chancel Screen) – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal
Juneteenth & the Life of the First Black American Catholic Priest – National Catholic Register
A.I. Is a Mind Virus Superspreader – James R. Green at Grain Of Wheat
Against Sorcery, for Re-Enchantment, Part III: Against the New Puritanism – Ross Arlen Tieken
Christianity Is Declining in Australia, Or Is It? – Amy Lewis at Christianity Today
Tearing Down False Idols: The Unchanging Truth of Jesus – Scott Ventureya at Crisis Magazine

News:
Chicago City Council Votes to Protect Historic Catholic Parish After Yearslong Effort – The Reg
Leo Appoints Bishop Shane Mackinlay as New Archbishop of Brisbane in Australia – The Reg
CatholicVote Names Kelsey Reinhardt New President – CNA via National Catholic Register

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
How Dr. Bill Thierfelder Revived Belmont Abbey Thru Faith, Love & Benedictine Tradition – CNS
Christendom College to Offer Graduate Degrees in Education – National Catholic Register

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Catholic Devotions for 20th June – Catholic Conclave
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
June, Fatima, & Iran – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
Polls Show Young Adults are Increasingly Adopting Pro-life Views – Live Action News

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The New KKK – To Put It Bluntly
NPR & the Shrinking of the Western Mind – Rodney Howsare at The Catholic World Report
JD Vance Joins Bluesky & Gets Auto-Banned Almost Instantly – TEC News/AFP

International Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
200 Christians Massacred in Nigeria—German State Media Blames Climate Change – TEC News

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
‘The Chosen’ Cast Headed to Vatican for Presentation, Audience with Leo – NC Register
Houston Texans Head Coach Says God Guides Him. . . – Bobby Ross, Jr., at Religion Unplugged

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Bishop Athanasius Schneider Appeals to Pope Leo XIV – Joe McClane at A Catholic Take
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register

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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Read the THVRSDAY EARLY-MORNING EDITION Published Today – BIG PVLPIT
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Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. The Great Chicago Schism of 2025! – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
2. Eucharistic Crudeness: The Carlo Acutis & Andrea Grillo Wrangling – Amy Welborn at CWB
3. Leo Appoints a Second Bishop in Favor of Women’s Ordination – Chris Jackson at Hiraeth In. . .
4. Andrea Grillo Should Be Sidelined Under Leo Over Carlo Acutis Wrangling – Fr. A.J. McDonald
5. Mission Abandoned: How the Coalition for Canceled Priests Failed Its Calling – Dan Sevigny
6. Modernist Attacks Corpus Christi Processions as Symbols of Pomp, Power, & Hierarchy – CC
7. They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions; The Answers Sent Them Spiraling – Kashmir Hill
8. Liturgical Music Can Teach Value of Unity in Diversity, Pope Leo XIV Says – CNS via OSV News
9. The Ever Tolerant Left – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
10. Before & After: Restorations of the Facade of Sts. Nereo e Achilleo Church in Rome – LAJ

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
Pepino & Fimister Attack Catholics Rejecting Vatican II’s Novel Religious Liberty – WM Review

Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Hildegard of Bingen’s Most Cryptic Creation: Her Unknown Language & Unknown Letters – Mdvls
Petrocentrism: A Problem? – George Weigel at First Things
A Franciscan Controversy Over Carlo Acutis’ Wish to be Buried in Assisi – Catholic Conclave
When a Monk Helped a Soviet Bureaucrat Take Up an Unlikely Profession – P. Kwasniewski, Ph.D.
Sacred Or Scandalous? Catholic Shrines Take Different Approaches to Rupnik’s Art – The Reg
Reviving Christendom – Fr. Mario Alexis Portella at Crisis Magazine
Why June 2025 Is Uniquely Special for the Sacred Heart – Sister Annabelle Moseley at Aleteia
Measuring the Success of the Eucharistic Revival – Complicit Clergy
Nearly Half of Americans Have Connection to Catholic Faith – Pew Research Center

News:
Political Commentator Ben Shapiro Meets with Pope Leo XIV – Catholic World News

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Old-School Blue Books Make a Comeback to Beat A.I. Cheating at Colleges – The Remnant
Classical Catholic High School in DC to Open Second Location in Diocese of Arlington – CNA
The Historic Shift of Red States’ School Vouchers – David Osborn at The 74

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
June, Fatima, & Iran – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Ritualized Confrontation Between MAGA & the Neocons – Paul Gottfried at Chronicles
Communism Should Have the Leper Status of Nazism – Don McClarey at The American Catholic

Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Most Bishops are Far Better in Theory Than in Practice – Don McClarey & Damian Thompson

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Why Isn’t Russia Defending Iran? – Hanna Notte at The Atlantic
Regime Change Would Be Unlikely to Bring Democracy to Iran – A. Thomas at Asia Times

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Parents’ Political Beliefs Shape U.S. Baby Names – Natalie McMullin at Daily Trojan

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
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
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
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Read the VVEDNESDAY LATE-MORNING EDITION Published Yesterday – BIG PVLPIT
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Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Article Attacking Devotion to Carlo Acutis from Instigator of Traditionis Custodes – C Cnclv
2. 2 Trad Pastors Removed in Under 3 Years: Is This What Pastoral Care Looks Like – R Cæli
3. There’s More to Catholic Liturgy Wars Than the TLM – Terry Mattingly at Religion Unplugged
4. Will Pope Leo XIV Restore the TLM? – Joe McClane at A Catholic Take
5. Did Leo Ask for the Restoration of Palestrina? – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern Orders
6. Damian Thompson Needs to Read Lord of the Rings Now! – Don at The American Catholic
7. Petition to the USCCB to Put an End to “Pride Masses” – Dennis Knapp at The Latin Right
8. Police Investigating Flood of Anonymous Defamatory Letters Sent to Heiligenkreuz – C Cnclv
9. Against the Errors of James Martin – The Meaning Of Catholic
10. When a Progressive Utopia Burned – Johann Kurtz at Becoming Noble

Pope Leo XIV Sweet Order’s Reign Embrace:
The Neo-Popesplainers & the Pressure to Choose a Side on Pope Leo XIV – James R. Green
Having Lost Their Last Best Hope in Francis, Modernists Move on to Synodality – C Conclave
Pope Leo XIV: A Unifying Figure – Jayd Hendricks at Public Discourse
Pope Leo Has Yet to Address Clerical Sexual Abuse – Gene Thomas Gomulka at John 18:37

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
LSD, CIA Ops, & Utopian Optimists Making Deals with the World, the Flesh, & the Devil – J Green

Analysis, Punditry, and News:
All Music Is Spiritual Warfare – Andrew Cavallo at Ignitum Today
The Mysterious Frescoes of Castelseprio – Hilary White at The Sacred Images Project
Ross Douthat & the Future of A.I. – Steve Skojec at The Skojec File
In Search of the Biblical Mt. Sinai – David Armstrong at Biblical Evidence For Catholicism
Victims of the (Sexual) Revolution – Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., at Public Discourse
June, Fatima, & Iran – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
‘Live & Let Live’ is for Shallow Thinkers – Gene Van Son at Catholic Stand
Mission Territory: America – Jeffrey Bruno at Words & Pictures
We Challenge ‘Pride’ With The Sacred Heart – Gavin Ashenden at Catholic Unscripted

News:
Ousted Australian Bishop Pleads Guilty to Gun Charges – Jack Figge at The Pillar
Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Ban on Transgender Procedures for Minors – NC Register

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Catholic Devotions for 19th June – Catholic Conclave
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Awaiting the Last Crusade:
Christian Churches Torched Once a Week in Islamic World – Catholic World News

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Pro-Riot Left Is Following the Nazi Playbook for Seizing Power – John Zmirak, Ph.D.

Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Card. Nichols: We’ll Close Catholic Hospices & Care Homes if Assisted Suicide Passes – CH

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
When Bad Theology Starts a War: Ted Cruz, Genesis 12, & the Road to Iran – Chris Jackson
Do Not Sleepwalk Into War with Iran – Owen Lee at The American Postliberal

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
‘The Ritual’ a Refreshingly Earnest (if Unoriginal) Return to Exorcism Genre – Religion Unplugged

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Why Are Cubans Fighting in Ukraine? – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register
How Confusing Marijuana Laws Fire Up Activism Across America – Tradition, Family, & Property
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski

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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
June, Fatima, & Iran – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
Read the VVEDNESDAY EARLY-MORNING EDITION published earlier this morning – BIG PVLPIT

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Wreckovated Church: One Last Look in Milwaukee – Amy Welborn at Charlotte Was Both
2. Lying Bishops & Catholic Media – Gene Thomas Gomulka at John 18:37
3. There are Epochal Changes on the Horizon, & They’re Approaching Fast – Steve Skojec
4. Cardinal Vesco Denounces Ideal of Christendom – Catholic World News
5. June, Fatima, & Iran – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
6. In Epic Father’s Day Prank, 200 Dads Wear Same Shirt to Mass – National Catholic Register
7. The Catholic Struggle Against Same-Sex Attraction – Henry Williams at 1 Peter 5
8. Pentecost Saturday: We Are Our Rites – Wherein Fr. Z Rants – Fr. Z’s Blog
9. Rod Dreher’s Weird Case for Religion (Book Review) – J.C. Scharl at Modern Age
10. ‘No Kings’ – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at New Oxford Review

Pope Leo XIV Sweet Order’s Reign Embrace:
He Really *Is* a White Sox Fan – Patrick T. Brown via The American Catholic
Pope Leo XIV’s Crusade Against Artificial Intelligence – Lauren Smith at The European. . .
Pope Leo XIV Hugely Popular in America – Associated Press via Spirit Daily Blog

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
Lucien Refuted: ‘Religious Liberty: Illusory Distinction, Unwarranted Conclusion’ – WM Review

Analysis, Punditry, and News:
St. Joan of Arc, Islam, & the Christian Rebirth – Robert de Mattei, D.Phil., at Voice Of The Family
‘Public’ Does Not Mean ‘State’ or ‘Government’ – George Weigel at National Catholic Register
The Limits of Catholic Social Teaching – Eric Sammons at Crisis Magazine
Christianity & The West, Part I – Daniel J. Mahoney, Ph.D., at the American Mind
The Church & the Resurgence of Nationalism, Part I – Darrick Taylor at Crisis Magazine
The Month of June is For . . . – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at Catholic Answers Magazine

News:
Boy Scouts Sex-Abuse Claims Reach $7 Billion – Catholic World News
Vatican Publishing House, HarperCollins Republish Rerum Novarum – Catholic World News

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Catholic Devotions for the 18th June – Catholic Conclave
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Iconic Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Paris Celebrates Its 150th Birthday – Our Sunday Visitor
Guarino Guarini: Celebrating 400 Years – Susan Klaiber at The Institute for Sacred Architecture

O Los Angeles, What Tempest Tears Thy Streets:
USCCB Stands With Illegal Aliens – Rips Trump’s Deportation Efforts – Complicit Clergy

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
SCOTUS Sides with Nuns Fighting NY That Made Them Pay for Abortions – The Federalist
Against the Purity Spiral – Roger Kimball

International Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Why Are Cubans Fighting in Ukraine? – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
Islamism in Spain: The Left Denies It, the Center-Right Runs from It – Álvaro Peñas at The EC

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Why Communism Refuses to Die – Piers Shepherd at Modern Age
The Biggest Problem for Greece is Demographic Decline – Álvaro Peñas at The European. . .

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
One Love: Bono’s Quest for God – John Mac Ghlionn at Catholic Herald
How Confusing Marijuana Laws Fire Up Activism Across America – Tradition, Family, & Property

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Make Missals Great Again – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Burn of the Day – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
And For What I Have Failed to Do – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Ten Years After the Obergefell Same-Sex “Marriage” Ruling, Calls Multiply for Its Overturn – TFP
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
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Whistleblower Fired for Exposing Blasphemous Sexual Perversions at Jesuit Univ. – Comp Clrgy
Jesuit Univ Stands by Course’s Sexual Bondage Video & Required Sexual Autobiography – NCReg

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Old Augustinian Friend of Leo Thinks Permission for TLM is Out of the Question – C Conclave
2. Whistleblower Fired for Exposing Blasphemous Sexual Perversions at Jesuit Univ – Cmp Clrgy
3. St. Peter’s Goes Net Zero, Faith Hits Rock Bottom – Chris Jackson at Hiraeth In Exile
4. Jesuit Univ Stands by Course’s Sexual Bondage Video & Required Sexual Autobiography – Reg
5. The Shocking Truth About a Condemned Theologian & Dissident Priests – Joe McClane
6. Sodomy Mass in Bishop Douglas J. Lucia’s Diocese of Syracuse, New York – Daniel O’Connor
7. Curious Aspects of Pope Leo XIV – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
8. There’s a Reason Why Catholics Escape Their Territorial Parish – Alexandria C. McCormick
9. Why the Sudden Attack on Alcohol? – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
10. Britain’s Götterdämmerung – Sebastian Milbank at The Critic

Pope Leo XIV Sweet Order’s Reign Embrace:
Pope Leo XIV & the ‘Gaudium Et Spes’ Debate – Larry Chapp, Ph.D., at The Pillar
Meaning of Papal Names: Leo II Explicitly Condemned His Predecessor for Heresy – TACatholic
It’s Confirmed! Leo to Return to Castel Gandolfo for Papal Rest & Vacations! – Fr. A.J. McDonald
Leo Denounces Massacre of Nigerian Christians; Hundreds Dead – Catholic World News

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
Viewing Oppression in the Archdiocese of Detroit Through the Lens of a Video – Fr. Z’s Blog
Card. Burke: Doctrinal & Moral Corruption Directly Related to Abuse of the Liturgy – Ed Pentin
Heiligenkreuz Unaware of Any Serious Allegations Which May Have Lead to Visitation – C Cnclv

Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Father Major General – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
A Modern Day Friar Tuck! – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Do I Need to Attend My Territorial Parish? – Jenna Marie Cooper at Our Sunday Visitor
Baroque Triumphalism in Pennsylvania: Paintings of the Basilica of the Sacred Heart – LAJ
Demons & ChaptGPT – Thomas P. Harmon, Ph.D., at First Things
Outrage in Buffalo Over Abuse Costs – Eileen Buckley at BishopAccountability.org
Why Are Cubans Fighting in Ukraine? – John Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
Israeli Arab Catholic Describes Working With Israel’s Aid Agency – Charles Collins at Crux
Against Sorcery, For Re-Enchantment, Part II: The Critical Arguments – Ross Arlen Tieken

News:
Traditional Carmelites Need Your Help! – 1 Peter 5

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Our Schools Have a ‘Boy Problem’ & We Need to Talk About It – Richard Whitmire at The Hill

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Hymn of the Week: Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Word & Song
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
How Confusing Marijuana Laws Fire Up Activism Across America – Tradition, Family, & Property

Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Scrutiny on Starmer, Whistleblowers Vindicated, Audit Unmasks Grooming Gang Scandal – DD
UK Votes to Decriminalise Abortion Up to Birth – Gavin Ashenden, et al., at Catholic Unscripted
Asylum Seekers Tied to Recent Grooming Gang Cases – TEC News

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Let’s Try to Put Out Fire with Gasoline, Again! – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report
The U.S. Should Stay Out of Israel’s War with Iran – Edward C. Feser, Ph.D.
Plato’s Love of Character was Purely Platonic – Don. R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Actor Al Pacino Meets with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican – National Catholic Register
Ten Years After the Obergefell Same-Sex “Marriage” Ruling, Calls Multiply for Its Overturn – TFP
Beauty & Belief: Art, Film, & the Catholic Imagination – The Catholic Thing

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Victory in Ireland as Catholics Rally Around the Infant of Prague – 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
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Militants Massacred Up to 200 Christians in Nigeria’s Benue State – Aid to the Church in Need

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. ‘Who Does This Serve?’ – Rod Dreher
2. Can Pope Leo XIV Afford to Wait on ‘Traditionis Custodes’? – Ed. Condon at The Pillar
3. (NSFW) Two SSA Men Adopted a Baby Boy & Then Killed Him. . . – Nancy Pearcey on X
4. Vatican Visit to Heiligenkreuz: Sources: From Francis’s Final Days, Not Leo – Dm. Thompson
5. Cardinal Burke Appeals for Restoration of Traditional Latin Mass – Natl Catholic Register
6. What Really Happened to Pride Month – Adam Ellwanger at Chronicles
7. Heiligenkreuz Apostolic Visitor, Heterodox & Non-Habit Wearing Sister Christine Rod – C Cncl
8. Why Progressives Hate Latin – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Tradition & Sanity
9. Immodest Dress at Mass is Not a Comfort Problem, but a Spiritual Problem – Peggy Frye
10. Archb. Gänswein Speaks Candidly on 3 Popes & His Reconciliation with Francis – The Reg

Pope Leo XIV Sweet Order’s Reign Embrace:
Pope Leo XIV’s China Strategy & His New Direction | The Prayerful Posse – The Catholic Thing
Pope Leo XIV’s Ancestry Includes African American Roots – Catholic Herald
My Recommendations for Pope Leo XIV’s Leadership as It Regards Synodality – Fr. A. McDonald
Pope Leo XIV: ‘The Gravest Form of Poverty is Not to Know God’ – Catholic World Report

Detroit’s Archbishop Weisenburger Doth Impose Draconian Edicts:
Archbishop Weisenburger of Detroit’s New Restrictions on the TLM – Michael Haynes on X

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
The War on Eucharistic Reverence – Vicki Yamasaki at Corpus Christi for Unity and Peace
The Battleground for Reverence in the United States – Chris Jackson at Hiraeth In Exile
Cut Down, It Flourishes Again: Why I’m Hopeful About the Future – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D.

Analysis and Punditry:
Surprise Candidate Now in the Running to Succeed Cardinal Schönborn – Catholic Conclave
St. Malachy’s Prophecy of the Popes – Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World
Elderly Nun Melts Hearts with Tender Prayer to Mary in Viral Video – ChurchPOP
Did Orthodox Priest Prophesy Israeli-Iran Clash? – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
Secrets of My Time in the Royal Ecclesiastical Household with Gavin Ashenden – C Unscripted
The Incredible Mystery Under a Church built on an Ancient Pagan Temple in Peru – Spirit Daily
Espoused to Christ: Discover a Vocation Ever Ancient & Ever New, Consecrated Virginity – Ig Td
A Church Grows in Africa, But Where are Its Saints? – Joseph Maina at Religion Unplugged
How Confusing Marijuana Laws Fire Up Activism Across America – Tradition, Family, & Property
Against Sorcery, For Re-Enchantment, Part I: Defining Terms – Ross Arlen Tieken at El Antiguo
The Vatican’s Duty to Armenian Christians – Mark Movsesian at First Things

News:
NABRE Revision Confirmed by Holy See – Timothy McCormick at Catholic Bible Talk
Muslim Smokes Cigarette in French Church & Curses in His Language – RadioGenoa on X
A Pilgrimage in Australia! – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Tradition & Sanity
Damascus Embarks on 25th Anniversary Summer with News of Expansion – Ignitum Today

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Santa Clara (Jesuit) University’s Crazy Idea of Human Sexuality – N.E. Best at Wall Street Journal
School Choice Continues to Expand, Even in Blue States – Lewis M. Andrews at The Hill

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Men & Women are Different. Thank God! – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Malcolm Muggeridge Interviewing Robert Graves – D.R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
How Confusing Marijuana Laws Fire Up Activism Across America – Tradition, Family, & Property

O Los Angeles, What Tempest Tears Thy Streets:
Riots for Criminals, Silence for Victims – Sarah Cain at Homefront Crusade

Minnesota’s False Dagger’s Stroke:
Politically Motivated Assassinations: Why is America Going Mad? – American Thinker

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Dear USCCB: Getting in Bed With Caesar is Always a Bad Idea – Donald R. McClarey, J.D.
America’s Golden Age: A Return to the Permanent Things – Kevin D. Roberts, Ph.D., at The IC

International Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Spain Blackout Blamed on Solar Power, Leaked Audio Reveals – TEC News

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
U.S. Joins War Iran-Israel – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Academic Sounds ‘Civil War’ Warning for High-Migration Western Nations – Breitbart
Ten Years After the Obergefell Same-Sex “Marriage” Ruling, Calls Multiply for Its Overturn – TFP

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Victory in Ireland as Catholics Rally Around the Infant of Prague – Tradition, Family, & Property
Irish Teens Inspired by Carlo Acutis Make Lego Film of His Life – Patrick J. Passmore at CNA

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Why the Opposition to Latin Archbishop Weisenburger of Detroit? – Damian Thompson on X
Liturgical Lessons in Ad Orientem – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Word & Sanity
An Incomplete Understanding of the Revolutionary Process Hindered Amicizia’s Progress – TFP
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist

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Illumined Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Under-the-Radar Growth of Catholic Commitment – Philip E. Lawler, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Is This Something to Worry About? Re: Pope Leo XIV – Fr. Z’s Blog
2. Does Cardinal Burke Know Something About Leo & the Future of the TLM? – Fr. A. McDonald
3. The Worst Possible Sign: “Apostolic” Persecutions Continue in New Pontificate? – Rorate Cæli
4. Bp. Martin Bringing in Heterodox Nuns to Help “Evangelize” Charlotte Dioc. – P. Kwasniewski
5. Cardinal Uses Synodality to Exclude Legionaries of Christ the King – Catholic Conclave
6. The Under-the-Radar Growth of Catholic Commitment – Philip E. Lawler, Ph.D., at Cthlc Culture
7. Archb. Weisenburger of Detroit’s Thought Police for TLMers – Dm. Thompson & Emily Zanotti
8. “O Vos Omnes Sordidi Mementote Retrorsi. . .!” More Joy in Detroit – Fr. Z’s Blog
9. Amy Welborn Engages J.D. Flynn Regarding Territorial Parishes – Amy Welborn on X
10. Synodality Turned Into a Tool to Expel Hard Working Priests in Turin – Catholic Conclave

Pope Leo XIV Sweet Order’s Reign Embrace:
Pope Leo XIV is Hugely Popular – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
‘We Can Rally Around This Pope’: Chicagoans Cheer Pope Leo XIV! – Jonathan Liedl at Register
Doctrine, Not Indoctrination: Leo & the Transpolitical Nature of Cthlc Socl Doct – T Harmon PhD
Full Text: Pope Leo XIV’s Address to Catholics in Chicago – Pope Leo XIV via NC Register
Pope Appeals for ‘Responsibility & Reason’ in Iran-Israel Escalation – L. Bordoni at Vatican News

Detroit’s Archbishop Weisenburger Doth Impose Draconian Edicts:
Again! Comments on Forcing Table Altars & Forbidding Mass “Ad Orientem” – Fr. Z’s Blog
Detroit Archbishop Decimates 10 TLM Parish Communities – Anthony Stine at Return To. .
Great Diminishment in Detroit: Pogrom Against TLMers Continues; Updated-Even Worse – Fr. Zed

Bishop Michael Martin’s Infamous Deeds:
Diocese of Charlotte & the “Salt March to the Sea” – Fr. Z’s Blog
Poor Judgement about Confidentiality That Would Inflame – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern. . .

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
Catholic Mass Nightmares Returns to Chicago – David L. Gray
Why Reverent, Traditionally-Oriented Novus Ordos May Soon Come Under Attack – Fr. Z’s Blog
Why Progressives Hate Latin – Boniface at Unam Sanctam Catholicam
Modernist Impulse to Feminise Jesus – Catholic Conclave
Sole TLM in Diocese of Jefferson City to End This Month – Fr. Dylan Schrader via Cmplct Clergy
Probs w/Multiple Choices of NO Mass & Selective Elimination of Certain Options – Fr. McDonald

Analysis and Punditry:
Why are Catholic Communities Failing? – Fr. Robert McTeigue, S.J., at iCatholic Radio
Scott & Jeremiah Hahn: Like Father, Like. . .Father – R. Cichowicz at National Catholic Register
A.I. as Ouija Board & Familiar – Rod Dreher at Rod Dreher’s Diary
Are the Travails of Opus Dei Terminal? – Catholic Conclave
Argentine Psychologist Abandons the Occult After a Vision of the Virgin of Luján – C Conclave
Virginia Teen’s Catholic School Journey Inspires Whole Family’s Conversion – C World Report
Israel, Palestine, & Jason Jones – Peter Wolfgang at Catholic Culture
A Suggestion: Why Not No Gospel for Pentecost? – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
Chartres Pilgrimage – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Tradition & Sanity

News:
Annual Report Finds There are ‘Not Enough’ Deacons Being Ordained in the US – C World Report
New Book “IVF is Not the Way” Offers Light & Hope – Mary Beth Bracey at Ignitum Today

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Is the Host Pulsating in the Monstrance? – Saint Adaugoijele on X
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

O Los Angeles, What Tempest Tears Thy Streets:
Investigating Catholic NGOs’ Role in Immigration Invasion – S.A. McCarthy at The Amrcn Spect

False Dagger’s Stroke in Minnesota:
First Photo of Assassin Vance Boelter in Custody – Citizen Free Press on X
Assassin Appointed by Tim Walz – Eric Daugherty on X
Who is Vance Luther Boelter? Assassin in Minnesota Lawmaker Killings Identified – Mch. Dorgan
‘No Kings’ Protest Flyers Found in Assassins SUV – Collin Rugg on X

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Ten Years After the Obergefell Same-Sex “Marriage” Ruling, Calls Multiply for Its Overturn – TFP
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Irritating Gentleman, by Berthold Woltze (AD 1874) – D, McClarey at The American Catholic

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Claim That America ‘Stole’ California from Mexico is an Ignorant Lie – The Federalist
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Homeschool Under Fire in Oz: Govt Target Tutoring Biz After Homeschooling Surge – The DD

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Historical Fiction Should Never Be Confused With History – D McClarey at The American Catholic
Report: Iran Pleads with Qatar, Oman to Get Trump to Stop War – Breitbart
Victory in Ireland as Catholics Rally Around the Infant of Prague – Tradition, Family, & Property
The West’s Betrayal of Syria’s Christians – Ribal al-Assad at The European Conservative
See the Latest Western Civ Defender Posts – Western Civ Defender

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
An Incomplete Understanding of the Revolutionary Process Hindered Amicizia’s Progress – TFP
Yale Study Confirms There’s Nothing Like a Mother’s Lullaby – Tradition, Family, & Property

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
DC Financial Hole & McElroy’s Cover Up of McCarrick’s Slush Fund – Donald R. McClarey, J.D.
Boy George Suffers Public Beatdown – J.K. Rowling on X
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register

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Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Bill Murray Likes the TLM? His Sister, a Catholic Nun, Likes Catherine of Siena – Kathy Schiffer
2. June 11, 1979: John Wayne-Cardiac Catholic – D.R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
3. How Tall Was Goliath? The Truth Revealed! – David Armstrong at Biblical Evidence For. . .
4. Pope Leo XIV’s Genealogy Chart: One of the Most Diverse Family Trees – Catholic World News
5. What Do Pope Leo XIV’s Vestments Mean? – Alyssa Murphy at National Catholic Register
6. A Time of Revival – R.R. Reno at First Things
7. Trio of Priests: Maryland Family to Welcome Third Ordination – National Catholic Register
8. Who First Called the Church “Catholic”? – Get Fed
9. Charlotte’s Catholic Boom – Catholic Unscripted
10. Lebanese Church Thrives Against All Odds Maintaining 1,600-yr Link with Rome – Cth Herald

Pope Leo XIV Embraces Sweet Order’s Reign:
Vatican Produces Documentary on Cardinal Prevost in Peru – Catholic World News

Analysis and Punditry:
Why is St. Anthony the Patron Saint of Lost Things? – Katie Yoder at Our Sunday Visitor
The Dad Instinct: How Fathers Prepare Kids for the Wider World – The Art of Manliness
Singing God’s Grandeur – Dana Gioia at Plough Magazine
Pier Giorgio Frassati’s Climb to Heaven & the Famous Poet Who Helped Him Get There – ChP
Hymn of the Week: Come Down, O Love Divine – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Word & Song

News:
Mount Everest Mass Makes History at the ‘Top of the World’ – National Catholic Register

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
An Incomplete Understanding of the Revolutionary Process Hindered Amicizia’s Progress – TFP
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Ten Years After the Obergefell Same-Sex “Marriage” Ruling, Calls Multiply for Its Overturn – TFP

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Yale Study Confirms There’s Nothing Like a Mother’s Lullaby – Tradition, Family, & Property
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Victory in Ireland as Catholics Rally Around the Infant of Prague – Tradition, Family, & Property

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
See the Latest Western Civ Defender Posts – Western Civ Defender

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Fr. Nicholas Deissbach Explains Why Every Sovereign Should Defend True Religion Always – TFP
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
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. The Splendor of Consistories Restored by Pope Leo XIV – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern. . .
2. Protocol (Returns Under Pope Leo XIV) – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
3. ‘Totem Pope’—Should We Ignore What Goes on in Rome? – S.D. Wright at The WM Review
4. I.C.E. & the Screams of the Damned – Glenn Ellmers at Chronicles
5. Papacy: A Return To Tradition? – Trisha Thomas at Associated Press
6. The Church of England is in Its Dying Days – David Virtue, D.D., at Virtue Online
7. Support for Police Skyrockets After They Start Shooting Journalists – Babylon Bee via TACthlc
8. (L.A. Anarchists) Always Waving Flags of Nations They Fled From – Donald R. McClarey, J.D.
9. The Latin Mass & the Intellectuals – Excellent Presentation – Catholic Conclave
10. What are the Environmental Causes of Same-Sex Attractions? (Michael Gasparro) – Lila Rose

O Los Angeles, What Tempest Tears Thy Streets:
Do We Have a Nation? These Aren’t Rioters, They Are Invaders – S.A. McCarthy at Am Spectator

Analysis and Punditry:
Apple TV Offends, God Will Not Be Mocked – Bishop Joseph Strickland
The Next Great Awakening  – John F. Doherty at Public Discourse
CNA Explains: How Do Dioceses Pay for Bankruptcy & Abuse Settlements? – Cthlc World Report
Ugandan Catholics Rejoice as One of Their Own is Tapped to Lead Louisiana Diocese – Register
Reclaim the Rainbow – Kody W. Cooper, Ph.D., at Word On Fire
The Catholic Wealth Expert: Woke vs. Holy Investing – The Catholic Gentleman
Ten Years After the Obergefell Same-Sex “Marriage” Ruling, Calls Multiply for Its Overturn – TFP
To Achieve Clarity, to Avoid Scandal: Statements on Christian Re-Enchantment – S Morello PhD
An Incomplete Understanding of the Revolutionary Process Hindered Amicizia’s Progress – TFP

News:
Surfing Priest Makes Second Ocean Rescue, Saving Father & Son – Catholic World Report
‘Math as Path to God’ a Hot Topic at Society of Catholic Scientists Conference – C World Report

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Yale Study Confirms There’s Nothing Like a Mother’s Lullaby – Tradition, Family, & Property
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Victory in Ireland as Catholics Rally Around the Infant of Prague – Tradition, Family, & Property

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Karl Marx’s Father Didn’t Like Marxism Either – Don. R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
See the Latest Western Civ Defender Posts – Western Civ Defender

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Resurrecting the Scents of Extinct Flowers – Moss & Fog
Fr. Nicholas Deissbach Explains Why Every Sovereign Should Defend True Religion Always – TFP
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist

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A Trinity of Wit and Word. . . Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Sex Kink at a Jesuit California University – Rod Dreher
USCCB & Catholic Charities Under Federal Investigation Regarding Illegal Immigration – C Vote

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Doubt Whether Pope Leo XIV Will Revive Permissions for TLM – Catholic Conclave
2. Sex Kink at a Jesuit California University – Rod Dreher
3. Blasphemy is Still Blasphemy 25 Years Later – Joseph Dunlap at Tradition, Family, & Property
4. SSPX: Habemus Papam! Pray or Speculate? – Fr. Z’s Blog
5. A Change in Papal Tone! Thanks Be to God! – Fr. Allan J. McDonald at Southern Orders
6. The End of the Church of England? – Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq., at The Taos Tattler
7. A Beautiful Hand-Carved Statuary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus – Liturgical Arts Journal
8. USCCB & Catholic Charities Under Federal Investigation Regarding Illegal Immigration – C Vt
9. And the Legal Circus Continues; Re: LA Riots – D.R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
10. Underwhelming Corpus Christi in Linz 2024, Complete With Stealth Priestess – Cth Conclave

O Los Angeles, What Tempest Tears Thy Streets:
They Riot Because They’re “Exuberant”! Really? – Mary Ann Kreitzer at Les Femmes
Trump, Newsom, & the War for California – Peachy Keenan

Analysis and Punditry:
Ask Father: Communion Services Simply Because the Priest is Away? – Fr. Z’s Blog
A Father’s Call to Defend Modesty – Patrick O’Hearn at Crisis Magazine
Is Dappled Things Too Down on the Catholic Writing Scene? – K. O’Connor at Dappled Things
Rocamadour: A Christian Israel – Rod Dreher
The Toothpaste isn’t Going Back in the Tube: Tradition & the War of Attrition – Kennedy Hall
Ten Years After the Obergefell Same-Sex “Marriage” Ruling, Calls Multiply for Its Overturn – TFP
German Archd. Issues Sex Guidelines Pushing Homosexuality, Transgenderism in Kids – Cmp C
Bishop Voderholzer of Regensburg Savages Synodal Path, Unrealistic from the Start – C Cnclv
An Incomplete Understanding of the Revolutionary Process Hindered Amicizia’s Progress – TFP
Comparing the Affinities, Differences Between Ignatius & Aquinas – Tracey Rowland at CWR

News:
Christian Officer Sacked by Indian Army for Refusing to ‘Worship Idols’ – Catholic Herald
Acutis & Frassati To Be Canonized In September – Sal. Cernuzio & Ch. Wells at Vatican News

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
An Extraordinary Family of Saints & the Secret of Christian Homeschooling – Rob. L. Kmita, Ph.D.

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Catholic Devotions for 13th June – Catholic Conclave
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Victory in Ireland as Catholics Rally Around the Infant of Prague – Tradition, Family, & Property
Yale Study Confirms There’s Nothing Like a Mother’s Lullaby – Tradition, Family, & Property

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Under the Guise Of ‘Preventative Medicine,’ Eugenics Is Back – Jn. D. Davidson at The Federalist
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Why Northern Ireland Is Really Rioting – Laruen Smith at The European Conservative

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
I’m Your Huckleberry – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Israel-Iran War Begins – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Democratic Israel vs. Islamist Iran: Time for Europe to Take Sides – Mick Hume at The EC
Fr. Nicholas Deissbach Explains Why Every Sovereign Should Defend True Religion Always – TFP

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
RIP Brian Wilson – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Catholic Worship It’s Not About You, It’s About God – Gavin Ashenden, et al., at Cthlc Unscripted
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
How Russia’s Alexander Dugin Tries to Explain the Trump Revolution – Trdtn, Family, & Prprty
The Debt Crisis Looms, But We Keep on Spending – Jn. Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski

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A Trinity of Wit and Word. . . Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Stopping Genocide of Christians in the Middle East – Alexander Stafford at Catholic Herald

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Pope Leo XIV Restores An Ancient Tradition (From 42 Years Ago) – New Liturgical Movement
2. A Catholic Lawyer Responds to the Bishops About Mass Immigration – Kevin D. Kijewski, J.D.
3. Relief: Pope Leo XIV Addressed the Clergy of Rome. . . Cordially – Fr. Z’s Blog
4. Lifelong Episcopal Friend of Pope: People Need to Accept That Leo XIV & Not Francis II – CC
5. Rupnik’s Protector is Dead – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
6. Blasphemy is Still Blasphemy 25 Years Later – Joseph Dunlap at Tradition, Family, & Property
7. Can Leo Afford to Keep Tucho & Parolin if He Wants to Clean Up After Francis – C Conclave
8. On Heels of CofE, Another Protestant Denomination Collapsing – Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq.
9. The Myth of Mexican LA – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at Thew American Catholic
10. Pope Leo XIV Gives First Indication of How He Interprets ‘Synodality’ – Catholic Herald

Pope Leo XIV Embraces Sweet Order’s Reign:
Will Leo Prevost Ruin Rerum Novarum? – Catholics Aren’t Zombies
How To Watch Pope Leo XIV’s Chicago Celebration: Start Time, Date More – USA Today
Understanding Pope Leo XIV, Bit by Bit – Philip E. Lawler, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
Is Pope Leo XIV Changing the Vatican – China Agreement? – Joe McClane with Fr. Gerald Murray
Pope Leo XIV Encourages Traditional June Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus – CWN

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
New Mass Chaos: Why It Fails to Satisfy Anyone! – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D.
German Bishop Resigns Early Citing ‘Inner Fatigue,’ ‘Synodal Way’ Doubts – Luke Coppen
Under the Surface: What’s Next Now Rupnik’s Art is Offline? – Ed. Condon at The Pillar

O Los Angeles, What Tempest Tears Thy Streets:
The Ignorance of Basic History – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at Thew American Catholic
NGO Backing Immigration Riots Has Close Ties To LA Archdiocese – Catholics For Catholics
Southern California Sheriff Says Liberal Leaders Deliberately Let Riots Get Out of Hand – CforC
Trump Learned the Bitter Lesson of 2020: Don’t Let the Rioters Win – John Zmirak, Ph.D.
Pope Leo XIV’s Pentecost & the Spirit of Open Borders – Maureen Mullarkey at Studio Matters
Burning the American Flag. . . – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
The Spiritual Arsenal To Stop The Los Angeles Riots – Catholics For Catholics
FBI is Investigating Who is Financing the LA Riots – Catholics For Catholics
LA Is Proof Trump Was Right About Mass Immigration – Matt Boose at Chronicles
What Does the Catholic Church Say About Immigration? – S.D. Wright at The WM Review

Analysis and Punditry:
A Blue-Collar Catholic Can Recognize a White-Collar Heretic – Fr. David J. Nix at Pilgrim Priest
Are Eastern Orthodox Writings Dangerous For Catholics? . . . – Kennedy Hall at Mere Tradition
As Another Cathedral Burns in France, a Strong Suspicion of Criminality. . . – Catholic Conclave
We Want the Return of the Western Tradition of Arranged Marriages – Becoming Noble
Pre-Vatican II Liturgical Art & Sensibilities for Chapels Making a Comeback! – Fr. A.J. McDonald
The Church Still Doesn’t Realize What a Great Thing It Has in Latin – John Byron Kuhner
Converts Rising: More People are Flocking to Join the Catholic Church – Cthlcs For Cthlcs
The Fall of the Christian West to Paganism, One Institution at a Time – Gavin Ashenden
Yeats’ Warning to the West – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at The Imaginative Conservative
Southern Baptists Calls for Overturning SCOTUS Same-Sex Legal Union Decision – CforC
Christian Media is Thriving in America & Gen Z is Leading Its Surge – The Daily Declaration

News:
Statue of Virgin Mary Beheaded in Texas – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report
Opus Dei Submits Revised Statutes for Approval – Catholic World News

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Rare Babe Ruth Pic a Reminder of Baltimore Catholic School’s Big Role in His Life. . . – OSV
How Harvard Lost America – Peter W. Wood at The Spectator World
You Can’t Make America Great without Good Schools – Real Clear Education

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Victory in Ireland as Catholics Rally Around the Infant of Prague – Tradition, Family, & Property
Yale Study Confirms There’s Nothing Like a Mother’s Lullaby – Tradition, Family, & Property
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Five Years Since the Death of George Floyd: The Damage Continues – Larry Elder at Chronicles
New Poll Shows More Americans Support Prioritizing ‘Birth Sex’ Over ‘Gender Identity’ – CWR
Christians Need To Be Consistent About Sexual Ethics During ‘Pride Month’ – Lila Rose

Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
We Can’t Take It Anymore: Anti-Migrant Riots Rage on Across Northern Ireland – Mch. Curzon
Thank God For 1776 – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

International Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Pope Leo XIV, Indian Bishops Mourn Crash of Airliner That Killed Hundreds – C News Agency
Fr. Nicholas Deissbach Explains Why Every Sovereign Should Defend True Religion Always – TFP

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Wars & Rumors of Wars – The Tim Man at Saint Louis Catholic
Trump & Tehran’s Ticking Time Bomb – Alex Salvi

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Film of the Week: Saboteur (1942) – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Word & Song
How Russia’s Alexander Dugin Tries to Explain the Trump Revolution – Trdtn, Family, & Prprty
The Debt Crisis Looms, But We Keep on Spending – Jn. Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Renovation of Historic Hall in Northumberland Where Earl Grey Once Lived – The English Home
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
The Double Tragedy of a Girl Whose Parents Claim Shouldn’t Have Been Born – Trad, Fam, & Prp
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
How to Become Catholic in 2025: A Step-by-Step Guide – National Catholic Register

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Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Flying the Largest Sacred Heart of Jesus Flag Again in 2025 – Every Day For Life Canada
School Founded by St. Augustine of Canterbury in AD 597 Bows to Pride Month Zeal – Ed Pentin

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on BIG PVLPIT:
1. Reversing Francis! Very Good Restoration by Leo! We Pray for More to Come – Fr. A. McDonald
2. Catholics– Beachwear at Mass? Look Deeper – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at Standing On My. . .
3. It Must Be Catholicism; Re: Bishop Michael Martin – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
4. Will This Be an ‘Ordinary’ Pontificate? – Philip E. Lawler, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
5. Headbanger Services in Catholic Church – Catholic Conclave
6. School Founded by Augustine of Canterbury in AD 597 Bows to Pride Month Zeal – Ed Pentin
7. Condemned Theologian to Keynote Dissident Priest’s Assembly – Rob Gasper at Lepanto Inst
8. “Submission or War?” The Great Replacement Crisis Comes to LA – Rod Dreher at The EC
9. Riots Should Be Suppressed Swiftly & Harshly – Edward C. Feser, Ph.D., at Postliberal Order
10. Defiling Consecrated Ground – Steven Tucker at Crisis Magazine

Pope Leo XIV:
Leo Names First Chinese Bishop, Signaling Continuation of Vatican’s Controversial Accord – AP

The Fruit of Vatican II’s Folly:
When It Comes to Comparisons with Rupnik, Think Cosby, Not Caravaggio – Fr. R.J. de Souza
Millenarian, Heterodox Sect Nurtured by Czech Jesuit Who Dismissed Rupnik Accusers. . . – CC

O Los Angeles, What Tempest Tears Thy Streets:
Horse Sense – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Are The Immigration Riots The Start Of Civil War? – Rod Dreher on Substack
Protesters Wave Flags of Countries ICE Should Send Them Back To – Babylon Bee via TACatholic
“Social Justice” – Christopher Manion, Ph.D., via The American Catholic
Are Violent Organizers Using the Peaceful Protesters as Shields – Les Femmes

Analysis and Punditry:
A Shrine Built Inside a 450 Year Old Oak Tree! – Beauty Of The Catholic Faith on X
Britain Could Be Heading Towards Civil War – Annabel Denham at The Telegraph
A Blunt Challenge & Warning to Gen Z Online Catholic Commentators – Kennedy Hall at MT
Victory in Ireland as Catholics Rally Around the Infant of Prague – Tradition, Family, & Property
Who Will Be the Next Archbishop of Westminster? – Luke Coppen at The Pillar
Eucharist Mocked on TV, Targeted by Protesters; How Should Catholics Respond? – Register
Saving Christian Europe – Éric Zemmour at First Things
Yale Study Confirms There’s Nothing Like a Mother’s Lullaby – Tradition, Family, & Property
An Illuminated Psalter of the 13th Century – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
Unique & Rare Set of Pentecost Themed Vestments from 18th Century – Liturgical Arts Journal
More Young Americans Turning Toward Catholicism: Report – Fox News via New Advent Blog
Eucharistic Devotion Serves as Catalyst for Young Men Discerning Priesthood – NC Register

News:
Purge of Czech Jesuits After Rupnik Case – Catholic Conclave
Satanic Temple Opens Abortion Clinic in Maine, Chanting the Celebrating of Killing Babies – LN
Bishop of Graz in Austria ‘Stunned & Shaken’ After Shooting Leaves 10 Dead – NC Register

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
School Choice Boosts Catholic School Enrollment in Florida – Catholic World Report
Augustine Inst Pilots Unique On-Campus “Teachers for Christ” Pgm in Partnership w/ICLE – IT

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Fr. Nicholas Deissbach Explains Why Every Sovereign Should Defend True Religion Always – TFP
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Debt Crisis Looms, But We Keep on Spending – Jn. Horvat, II, at Tradition, Family, & Property
More Americans See Religion Increasing Its Influence in U.S. – Jeffrey M. Jones at Gallup

International Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
How Russia’s Alexander Dugin Tries to Explain the Trump Revolution – Trdtn, Family, & Prprty

Western Civ Defender. . . Geopolitical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Yes, It’s Our War, Too – George Weigel at First Things

Et Cætera. . . Popular Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Pentagon Planted UFO Myths To Hide Secret Weapons Programs, Report Finds – Fox News
The Double Tragedy of a Girl Whose Parents Claim Shouldn’t Have Been Born – Trad, Fam, & Prp

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
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
Need Professional Fundraising Advice for Catholics? Click Here! – Brice Sokolowski
Big Pulpit’s Editor-in-Chief, Follow on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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