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SVNDAY MID-AFTERNOON EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Mystic Update:
1. What are Catholics to Do When Clergy Fail Us, 25 Things to Give up for Lent & More – Register
2. Feeling Lost? This Priest Explains How God’s Subtle Signs Can Guide You to Peace! – uCthlc
3. Fact-Checking 3 Big Myths Joe Rogan Believes About Catholicism – The Catholic Gentleman
4. 5 Spiritual Remedies for Overcoming Anxiety through the Power of Jesus – ChurchPOP
5. What Is The Seven Sundays Devotion To St. Joseph? – Fr. Edward Looney at Catholic Link
6. People Thought This Saint Was Going Mad. . . – Get Fed
7. Open the Door to Your Soul to God – Richard Auciello at Catholic Stand
8. Know Thyself: A Lenten Education – David Deavel at Catholic World Report
9. How to Pray the Stations of the Cross During Lent & Year Round – Our Sunday Visitor
10. I Came That They May Have Life to the Full – Tod Federici at Catholic Stand

Analysis and Punditry:
‘Perpetual Pilgrims’ Chosen to Walk 3,300 Miles With the Eucharist This Summer – CNA
The Problem with Contraception – Lila Rose
Pope Leo XIII on Marriage, Family, & Society – Joe Tevington at Catholic Stand

Lent:
Lenten Reading Recommendations from Son Rise Regular Guests – Sacred Heart Catholic Radio
Lent 2025: 7 Answers to Your Questions About Fasting & Abstinence – Catholic News Agency

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SVNDAY EARLY AFTERNOON EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. The Model Catholic Monarch – Phillip Campbell at Catholic Exchange
2. Eight Publishers You Might Want to Follow – Lindsay Schlegel at Eight On The Eights
3. Such a Great Witness – Casey Chalk at Crisis Magazine
4. What are Catholics to do when Our Clergy let Us down, What to Give up for Lent & More – Reg
5. What the Demise of the Lowly Penny Really Means – Jn. Horvat at Tradition, Family, & Property
6. Martyred in Defense of Marriage: Story of Fr. Pedro de Corpa & Companions in Georgia – TFP
7. Hemingway’s Faith – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D., at the Imaginative Conservative
8. Los Angeles Religious Education Congress: Mired in Dissent – Tradition, Family, & Property
9. An IVF Alternative for Infertility that’s Holistic & Ethical – Catholic News Agency
10. Turning Just War Theory into Justified Surrender Theory – Tradition, Family, & Property

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
The Publican & the Pharisee – Deacon Luke Iyengar at Ignitum Today
For Live Updates on the Health of Pope Francis, Click Here – Catholic News Agency
The Art of Conversation II: Principles That Build Holy & Engaging Conversations – TFP

Analysis and Punditry:
Before Ordination, St. Pio Brunone Lanteri Laid Solid Foundations – Tradition, Family, & Property
Smash the Small Cosmos: On the State of Christian Literature – Heide Senseman at Ekstasis
Catholic Organization Launches Campaign to Finance Most Creative College Ministries – C Vote
David Perell & Dana Gioia: A Deep Conversation on Writing – David Perell

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

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

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Ukrainian Bishop: Why are the Russians Putting up Statues of Stalin in Occupied Ukraine? – TFP
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
For All Your Fundraising Needs! – CatholicFundraiser.net
Follow Big Pulpit & the Editor-in-Chief on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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SVNDAY EARLY MORNING EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Why Never Told on Forgotten Marian Apparition, Society More Demonic & More – NC Register
2. What are Catholics to do when Our Clergy let Us down, What to Give up for Lent & More – Reg
3. The Surprising Start to the Sundays of Lent – S.D. Wright at the WM Review
4. Lents’ Old Roman Tradition for Mass: Oratio Super Populum- Prayer Over People – Fr. Z’s Blog
5. Martyred in Defense of Marriage: Story of Fr. Pedro de Corpa & Companions in Georgia – TFP
6. Turning Just War Theory into Justified Surrender Theory – Tradition, Family, & Property
7. Los Angeles Religious Education Congress: Mired in Dissent – Tradition, Family, & Property
8. The Cave Where Western Monasticism Was Born – Robert Keim at Via Mediævalis
9. Understanding the Psalms: Textual Fluidity – Psallam Domino
10. Catholic Nurses’ Association Thrives at St. Mary’s College – K. Balsbaugh at Today’s Catholic

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
For Live Updates on the Health of Pope Francis, Click Here – Catholic News Agency
Before Ordination, St. Pio Brunone Lanteri Laid Solid Foundations – Tradition, Family, & Property
White House Moves to Drop Biden-Era Lawsuit Against Idaho Pro-Life Law – Cthlc News Agency

Analysis and Punditry:
Michael Lucchese on T.S. Eliot & the Need for Lent – Michael Lucchese at Providence
The Publican & the Pharisee – Deacon Luke Iyengar at Ignitum Today
Auden’s Island: The Poet in the Postwar Era – Alan Jacobs at the Hedgehog Review
Toward a Theology of Music: How Sacred Chant Clothes the Sacred Text – Fr. Robert Johansen

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

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

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Ukrainian Bishop: Why are the Russians Putting up Statues of Stalin in Occupied Ukraine? – TFP
The Art of Conversation II: Principles That Build Holy & Engaging Conversations – TFP
For All Your Fundraising Needs! – CatholicFundraiser.net
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Follow Big Pulpit & the Editor-in-Chief on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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SATVRDAY MID-AFTERNOON EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Mystic Update:
1. You Weren’t Told About This Forgotten Marian Apparition, World More Demonic & More – Reg
2. I Was Homeless & You. . . – Nathan Krupa at Catholic Stand
3. 5 Toxic Phrases Catholics Should Stop Saying, According to this Catholic Priest – ChurchPOP
4. The 3 Signs Someone Is Possessed (Fr Dan Reehil) – Lila Rose
5. Psychic Can’t Speak When Confronted With The Power of Jesus – M. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
6. Examinations of Conscience PDF’s for All Varieties – USCCB
7. Lent Begins with My Spouse – John Cuddeback, Ph.D., at Life Craft
8. Begin Your Lenten Journey with the Missio Dei Hand-Sewn Veil – J. Fessenden at Missio Dei
9. Why Are Beer & Pretzels Considered Ideal Lenten Fare? – Get Fed
10. Get Real – Guy McClung, Ph.D., J.D., at Catholic Stand

Analysis and Punditry:
The Sunday Readings for March 2025 & Catholic Doctrine – Marty Dybicz at Catholic Stand
Why Do Catholics Use Ashes – Jesse Romero, et al., at Full Sheen Ahead

Lent:
Why Do Catholics Fast During Lent? – Phillip Hadden at Missio Dei
4 Ways To Help Children Understand The Stations Of The Cross – Catholic Link

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SATVRDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. The Next Benevacantism – J.D. Flynn & Ed. Condon at the Pillar
2. I Am Shocked! Shocked! – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at the American Catholic
3. Why Confession Nearly Disappeared – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Tradition & Sanity
4. The L.A. Religious Education Congress: Mired in Dissent – Tradition, Family, & Property
5. For Live Updates on the Health of Pope Francis, Click Here – Catholic News Agency
6. A Forgotten Defender of Tradition – Joseph Pearce at Crisis Magazine
7. Why the Vatican Declaration on Maria Valtorta Has No Binding Force – The Shield Of Faith
8. Martyred in Defense of Marriage: Story of Fr. Pedro de Corpa & Companions in Georgia – TFP
9. Turning Just War Theory into Justified Surrender Theory – Tradition, Family, & Property
10. Papal Updates – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Tradition & Sanity

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
Court Forces Church to Fund Killing Babies in Abortions – Steven Ertelt at Life News
“Catholic” Means “Universal” – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
The Art of Conversation II: Principles That Build Holy & Engaging Conversations – TFP

Analysis and Punditry:
Ukrainian Bishop: Why are the Russians Putting up Statues of Stalin in Occupied Ukraine? – TFP
China: Bishop Shao Arrested Over “Illegal” Jubilee Opening Mass – Asia News
“Black Mass” Sacrilege Planned Inside Kansas State Capitol. . . Outrage – TFP Student Action
Lenten Campaign Focuses on Persecuted Christians. . . – J.A. Esteves at OSV News via Angelus

Pope Francis:
Pope Francis: A Loving Society Must Free Women f/Pressure to Seek Abortion – Vatican News

Conclave Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Geopolitics & Papal Elections – Daniel B. Gallagher at Crisis Magazine

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Reformer Saving Houston’s Schools From Disaster – David Hoyt at Real Clear Education

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Symphony 7, Movement 2 – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at the American Catholic

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Pro-Life Advocate Beaten Outside Baltimore Abortion Facility Calls Attack ‘A Gift’ – Catholic Vote
Wokeism Can Return Just As Easily As It Left – Terry Schilling at Tom
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics

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

Et Cætera. . . Pop Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
New Movie ‘The Last Supper’ Depicts Jesus’ Last Days Told Through Eyes of Followers – CNA

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Follow Big Pulpit & the Editor-in-Chief on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist

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FRIDAY EARLY MORNING EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
The Art of Conversation II: Principles That Build Holy & Engaging Conversations – TFP
See the Latest Western Civ Defender Posts – Western Civ Defender
Turning Just War Theory into Justified Surrender Theory – Tradition, Family, & Property

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Cardinal Roche Repudiates Traditionis Custodes – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Lit Mov
2. Could Bombshell Discovery Render All of Biden’s Presidential Actions Null & Void – M Margolis
3. Bishop Barron’s Milquetoast London Catholic Conference – Jaspreet Singh Boparai at the Critic
4. A Very Smart Hillbilly – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at the American Catholic
5. They are Coming for Our Children – The Catholic Gentleman
6. Your Sexual Pathology Doesn’t Make You Special – Thomas V. Mirus at Catholic Culture
7. Vatican Suppresses Argentine Miles Christi Order – The Pillar
8. The Trump Administration: More Catholic Than You Know – Tim Busch at N. Catholic Register
9. One of the Reasons I Will Not Sign an Organ Donor Card – Donald R. McClarey, J.D.
10. The Vibe Shift Comes for Cardinal Roche – Kevin Tierney at Kevin’s Substack

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
Los Angeles Religious Education Congress: Mired in Dissent – Tradition, Family, & Property
President Trump Tells Congress: ‘I Don’t Make the Natural Law. I Just Enforce It.’ – J Zmirak PhD
Cardinal Roche: Traditionalists are Quite Clamorous’ Small Minority – Catholic World News
Mexican Bishop Provides Example to American Bishops on Abortion – Complicit Clergy

Analysis and Punditry:
Under New Norms, DDF Weighs in on Alleged Mystic – Edgar Beltrán at The Pillar
This Lent, Be Like Socrates – Jim Tonkowich at the Stream
Ukrainian Bishop: Why are the Russians Putting up Statues of Stalin in Occupied Ukraine? – TFP
Could AI Become Conscious? – George Matwijec at Mercator
The Oath Against Modernism & the Spirit of Vatican II – R. Marcin at Catholic Family News
Don’t Give Trump a Pass on IVF – Philip E. Lawler, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
Nigeria Once Again Declared World’s Deadliest Country for Christians – Catholic Vote

News:
Trump Honors Archbishop Sheen, Seton, Serra, Tekakwitha – C Vote via California Catholic Daily
U.S. Bishops Respond to Senate’s Failure to Pass Women’s Sports Bill – Catholic News Agency
Canada ‘Mass Grave’ Inquiries of Catholic Schools Ends After Investigations Found Nothing – CV
Nigerian Diocese Pays Tribute to Priest Who Was Murdered on Ash Wednesday – C News Agency

Pope Francis:
‘Conclave Film’ Cardinal’s Homily Mirrors Some of Pope Francis’ Actual Words – Fr. R.J. de Souza
Pope Francis Remains Stable for Third Day; Continues Breathing & Mobility Therapy – Cth Herald
Pope Francis, in Short Audio Message, Thanks People for Their Prayers – Angelus News

Conclave Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Pre-Conclave Miracles: Cardinal Roche Says He Has No Problem With the TLM – Rorate Cæli

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Top DC Fed Prosecutor: Doesn’t Want Law Students f/Jesuit Univ. ‘cuz of DEI – The College Fix
The Rise of A.E. – ‘Artificial Education’ – Martin Cothran at Intellectual Takeout

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
US Bishops Urge Catholics to Support the Poor & Vulnerable During Lent – Catholic Vote
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
What Makes Men, Men – J. Budziszewski, Ph.D., at the Underground Thomist
Benedictine College to Host 14th Annual Conference on Transforming Culture in America – CV

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Covid Response at Five Years: Introduction – Brownstone Insights

Anglosphere Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
On the Trump-Churchill Comparison – Tom Piatak at Chronicles

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

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
MeiraGTx Gene Therapy Allows Blind Children to See as Biotech Eyes Accelerated Approval – PG
The New Administration Does Not Think Alaska Should be a Natural History Museum – TFP
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Follow Big Pulpit & the Editor-in-Chief on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net

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THVRSDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Why You Should Be in Adoration at 3 a.m. . . – Get Fed
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Mystic Update:
1. One Aspect of Demonic Punishment – James Chastek, Ph.D., Ph.L., at Just Thomism
2. Why You Should Be in Adoration at 3 a.m. . . – Get Fed
3. How to Master Disordered Desires & Achieve Holiness – Javier Ferrer Garcia at Exaudi
4. Abnegation: For Spiritual Fitness – Christopher Castagnoli at Catholic365
5. Inside Beautiful Ice & Snow Chapel Built by College Students for the Michigan ‘Ice Mass’ – CP
6. Say ‘Sex’ Not ‘Gender’: Part II – Dan Fitzpatrick at Catholic Stand
7. Don’t Keep the Sword of God’s Word Sheathed – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Tradition. . .
8. Good Mourning – J.Q. Tomanek at Ignitum Today
9. Saint Who Dedicated Her Life to Confronting Racism & How Her Legacy Continues Today – CL
10. When the Lenten Season becomes a Lenten Life – Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer at Catholic Stand

Analysis and Punditry:
Lenten Amendment – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at the American Catholic

Lent:
Pro Tips for Living the Lenten Season Well as a Family – National Catholic Register
Fasting: A Matter of Natural & of Positive Law – Saint Louis Catholic

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THVRSDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Western Civ Defender:
1. Christendom’s Autopsy – James Wood
2. Christmas Attacks: Part of a Growing Trend of Violence Against Christians – Antonio Graceffo
3. Re-Enchantment Or Unenchantment? – Rod Dreher
4. Putin Played a Long Game, It’s Starting to Pay Off – Mt. Luxmoore at the Wall Street Journal
5. Italian Schoolboy ‘Punished for Avoiding Rainbow Stairs’ – Michael Curzon at the European. . .
6. The ‘Anti-Racist’ State is a Menace to Equality – Tom Slater at Spiked
7. German Conservatives Fume as Merz Bows to Social Democrat Demands – Zoltán Kottász
8. New 2-Tier Sentencing Advice go easy on Everyone except White Male Christians – The EC
9. Trump’s “Last Warning” to Hamas: Release Hostages or Die – Michael Curzon at the EC
10. The Long Postbiblical History of “Judea & Samaria” – Philologos at Mosaic

Geopolitical Analysis and Punditry:
You Can’t Make Me: On Rules-Based International Politics – Mary Harrington
The Egyptian Plan: A Deadly Trap for Israel & U.S. – Amine Ayoub at the Jerusalem Post
A Tale of Two Ceasefires – Rob Killick at the European Conservative
Can Liberalism Save The West? Zoomers Don’t Think So – Brianna McKee at Spectator Australia
Are Rwanda & Congo Heading for War? -James Ker-Lindsay, Ph.D.

International Politics:
EU Citizens will pay €4.4 Million to be told what They can Say – Javier Villamor at the EC

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Provide a Shabbat for an Israeli Soldier – Shabbat Alone Together

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THVRSDAY AFTERNOON EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
See the Latest Western Civ Defender Posts – Western Civ Defender
Nigerian Priest Murdered on Ash Wednesday – Rachel Quackenbush at Catholic Vote
Indianapolis Archdiocese Investigates Possible Eucharistic Miracle – Catholic News Agency
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Pope Francis reportedly to modify Conclave Rules before Dying – Stilum Curiae via Cmp Clrg
2. In Defense of Fr. Ripperger – Michael Hichborn at Crisis Magazine
3. Untold History of Why Modern Women Wear Pants, the Truth Will Shock You – Kennedy Hall
4. Los Angeles Religious Education Congress: Mired in Dissent – Tradition, Family, & Property
5. Pope Francis Announces Apocalyptic Planetary Crisis from Hospital – Anthony Stine via CC
6. University of Cincinnati Calls Prayer a ‘Micro-Aggression’ – C. Harrington at Campus Reform
7. Christendom’s Autopsy – James Wood
8. Indianapolis Archdiocese Investigates Possible Eucharistic Miracle – Catholic News Agency
9. Ukrainian Bishop: Why are Russians Putting up Statues of Stalin in Occupied Ukraine? – TFP
10. Why did Cardinal Dolan call Lent a “Catholic Ramadan?” . . . – Catholic Unscripted

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
Turning Just War Theory into Justified Surrender Theory – Tradition, Family, & Property
Nigerian Priest Murdered on Ash Wednesday – Rachel Quackenbush at Catholic Vote
Vatican Again Dismisses Valtorta ‘Revelations’ – The Vatican
That Age Old Progressive Trick – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts

Analysis and Punditry:
Concilium’s Attack on Confession (Part 4.2): Mortal Sins before Communion, No Problem! – NLM
Discussion: How We Can Be Sure Benedict XVI Resigned Freely – Roma Locuta Est
US Christianity’s Slide Levels Off, but Catholic Church Faces Precipitous Decline – J Gomes PhD
Cardinal Cupich Praises Muslim ‘Brothers & Sisters’ at Annual ‘Iftar’ Dinner for Ramadan – Cm Cl
Praising God that Covid & All the Nonsense of Closed Churches is Behind Us! – Les Femmes
Lent & the Back of Beyond – Robert Royal, Ph.D., at the Catholic Thing
Christmas Attacks: Part of a Growing Trend of Violence Against Christians – Providence

News:
Baltimore Archd. Lowers Confirmation Age ‘to Deepen Formation, Reduce Disaffiliation’ – CNA
Pro-Life Advocates Respond to NYT’s ‘Planned Parenthood in Crisis’ Report – Catholic Vote

Pope Francis:
PopeWatch: Day 21 of Health Update – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Why Pope Francis Loves Pizza & Hates TV: 12 Things to Know About Pope Francis – NC Register
Rupnik & His Companions Occupy Convent in Italy, Cardinal De Donatis is Director – Daily Cmpss
Pope Francis: Lent is a Time to Accept Our Fragility, Rekindle Hope in Jesus – C. World Report

Conclave Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Next Pope’s Agenda – Vicki Yamasaki at Corpus Christi for Unity & Peace via Complicit Clergy

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Catholic Schools Surpass Public Schools In Nation’s Report Card – Catholic News Agency
Deregulating Legal Education – John O. McGinnis at Law & Liberty

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Here’s Why Some People Wear Orange—Not Green—On St. Patrick’s Day – Mental Floss
How to Make Medieval Soap: A 14th-Century Recipe You Can Try – Medievalists.net

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
What Did RFK Actually Say? – Dad29
(Houston) Rep. Turner Dies Just 62 Days Into His Congressional Term – The National Pulse
Did Yale Publish a Bombshell Covid/Chinese Flu Study? (Dr. Aaron Kheriaty) – Lila Rose

L.A. Wild Fires:
Communities Find Faith Amid Job Losses from L.A. Wildfires – Kimmy Chacon at OSV News

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

Et Cætera. . . Pop Cultural Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Someone is Putting Little Jesus Figurines All Over the U.S. Capitol – Dr. Jones at Not The Bee

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Where is America Headed, to Chaos or a Counter-Order – J Horvat at Tradition, Family & Property
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
The New Administration Does Not Think Alaska Should be a Natural History Museum – TFP
Follow Big Pulpit & the Editor-in-Chief on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
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VVEDNESDAY EARLY MORNING EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Ukrainian Bishop: Why are the Russians Putting up Statues of Stalin in Occupied Ukraine? – TFP
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Visit last nights TVESDAY LATE AFTERNOON EDITION – Robert Edwards at Big Pulpit
Visit a post you may have missed: MONDAY EVENING EDITION – Robert Edwards at Big Pulpit
Visit another post you may have missed: SVNDAY EARLY EVENING EDITION – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Catholics Are Rapidly Losing Ground – Eric Sammons at Crisis Magazine
2. Concilium’s Attack on Confession: Mortal Sins Before Communion? No Problem! – NLM
3. Charismatic Cardinal Suenens, Architect of the Vatican II Revolution – Catholic Family News
4. Vatican Still Gets It Wrong about Maria Valtorta’s Works! – The Shield of Faith
5. A Jesuit University’s Hamas Family Values – Charlton Allen at American Thinker
6. Ukrainian Bishop: Why are Russians Putting up Statues of Stalin in Occupied Ukraine? – TFP
7. Each Evening at St Peter’s, Gregorian Chant Sung, Hardly Anyone Sings. Why is That? – Fr. Zed
8. Rupnik, Reality, & the Right to a ‘Good Name’ – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at New Oxford Rvw
9. The Conspiracy Against Modesty & What the Church Teaches – Kennedy Hall at Mere Tradition
10. The Art of the “Dark Ages” – Hilary White at the Sacred Images Project

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
The Traditionalist Movement & the Society of St. Hugh of Cluny – Society of St. Hugh of Cluny
Science vs. Scientism – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Pilgrimage to Mt. St. Michel – Guardian of France – Julia Houck at 1 Peter 5

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Language in the Liturgy – Professor Barry Spurr at the Good Company Podcast
Catholic Liberal Education: Rediscovering the Church’s Educational Tradition – NC Register

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Where is America Headed, to Chaos or a Counter-Order – J Horvat at Tradition, Family & Property
An Educated Priest can Introduce Himself to Laypeople, Speak to Them About God Easily – TFP
The New Administration Does Not Think Alaska Should be a Natural History Museum – TFP
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Follow Big Pulpit & the Editor-in-Chief on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net

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TVESDAY LATE AFTERNOON EDITION

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. The Bergolian Captivity – Unknown Centurion at Catholic Stand
2. Ukrainian Bishop: Why are Russians Putting up Statues of Stalin in Occupied Ukraine? – TFP
3. PopeWatch: Rupnik – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
4. Tolkien Almost Wrecked The Hobbit – John Byron Kuhner
5. Judge Rules Christian Univ. Can’t Fire Transgender Employee – The Federalist
6. Keep Ringin’ Those Bells! – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine
7. Surprise! – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
8. Inside the School Where Five-Year-Olds Learn to Think Like Socrates – The Times
9. Did St. George Exist? – Deacon Thomas L. McDonald at Weird Catholic
10. An Educated Priest can Introduce Himself to Laity, Speak to Them About God Easily – TFP

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
The Need for Heroes & an Unforgettable Movie: Master & Commander – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D.
Where is America Headed, to Chaos or a Counter-Order – J Horvat at Tradition, Family & Property
The New Administration Does Not Think Alaska Should be a Natural History Museum – TFP

Analysis and Punditry:
Spiritual & Religious – David G. Bonagura, Jr., at The Catholic Thing
The In Spiritu Humilitatis – Michael P. Foley at New Liturgical Movement
Catholic Imagination & Contemporary Culture – Barbara J. Elliott at The Imaginative Conservative
Of Flat Characters, Round Characters, & Saints – Robert Keim at Via Mediævalis

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Follow Big Pulpit & the Editor-in-Chief on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net

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Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Rarely Seen Photos Of Fatima Visionaries – Aleteia
2. This Giant Statue of Jesus Sits Off Florida’s Coast, How Did It Get There? – Click Orlando
3. The Price of Mass Amusement – Andrew Trousdale at After Babel
4. The Definition that Puzzled St. Thomas Aquinas – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D., at Kmita’s Library
5. Did Vatican II Betray ‘Christ the King’? – S.D. Wright at the WM Review
6. Determined to Deny Your Freedom – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Tradition & Sanity
7. The Cotta Griccia: How it Was Stored in Sacristies – John Paul Sonnen at Liturgical Arts Jrnl
8. The Saint Next Door: Joe Reali – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
9. Owing Death – Regis Martin, S.T.D., at Crisis Magazine
10. A Catholic Nun Was the First Woman to Earn a Ph.D. In Computer Science – History Facts

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
MAGA Agonistes – Victor Davis Hanson at the New Criterion
Heroes of the Vendée – Joseph Pearce at the Imaginative Conservative
Luigi Mangione’s America – Mark Malvasi at the Imaginative Conservative

Analysis and Punditry:
The Veni Sanctificator – Michael P. Foley at New Liturgical Movement

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Concept of ‘Liberal Education’ Has a 2,500-Yr-Old Past, But Does It Have a Future – J. DeJak

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
New Mystic Update Posts – Mystic Update

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
An Educated Priest can Introduce Himself to Laypeople, Speak to Them About God Easily – TFP
Where is America Headed, to Chaos or a Counter-Order – J Horvat at Tradition, Family & Property
The New Administration Does Not Think Alaska Should be a Natural History Museum – TFP
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Follow Big Pulpit & the Editor-in-Chief on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net

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The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property

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