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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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A thank you to our sponsor:
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property

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

A thank you to our sponsor:
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property

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

A thank you to our sponsor:
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property

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

A thank you to our sponsor:
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property

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

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Get Thee to a Nunnery! – Claire Wilkerson at the Imaginative Conservative
2. Who Was Melchizedek & Why Does He Matter? – Clement Harrold at St. Paul Center
3. An Educated Priest can Introduce Himself to Laity, Speak to Them About God Easily – TFP
4. Dostoevsky’s Credo – Gary Saul Morson at First Things
5. Where is America Headed, to Chaos or a Counter-Order – Tradition, Family & Property
6. The Tiaras of the Popes: Pope Leo XIII – Shawn R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal
7. Natural Law – F. Russell Hittinger, III, Ph.D., at Modern Age
8. Religion, Education, & Colonial Liberty – Josh Herring at Liberty Fund
9. Social Mobility, Migration, & Assortative Mating – Conversations With Tyler
10. The New Administration Does Not Think Alaska Should be a Natural History Museum – TFP

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
Torcello: The “Lost” Island Where Venice Began – Hilary White at the Sacred Images Project
It’s Here! The 2025 Color of the Year – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Forming a Cultural Mind – John F. Doherty at Public Discourse

Analysis and Punditry:
How Did the Chants of the Mass Ordinary Get Arranged into Groups in the Kyriale? – New Lit Mov
The Bookshelf: Recovering the Academic Vocation – Matthew J. Franck at Public Discourse

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:
Follow Big Pulpit & the Editor-in-Chief on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net

A thank you to our sponsor:
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Visit last nights SVNDAY EARLY EVENING EDITION – Robert Edwards at Big Pulpit
New Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics
See the Latest Western Civ Defender Posts – Western Civ Defender

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Former Teacher Explains 7 Signs of an Educated Person – A. Holmquist at Intellectual Takeout
2. The Real Reason Young People Are Anxious – Emily Finley at the Wall Street Journal
3. Feminism & the Destruction of Hierarchy – James Baresel at Crisis Magazine
4. Ecce Homo: Genre of Devotional Art Inspired by Tho. à Kempis’ Imitation of Christ – D. Clayton
5. Reasoning from Darkness to Darkness – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing
6. I’m a Luddite: Should My Students Be Too? – Daniel B. Gallagher at The Catholic Thing
7. Patrick Coffin: How The Absence Of Prayer Brings Chaos & Misery – P. Coffin at Catholic Stand
8. Architectural Modernism is Dead – Jan Bentz at the European Conservative
9. Jubilee 2025 & Luce: Another Kind of Religion Altogether. . . – Maureen Mullarkey at Studio. . .
10. The Venerable English Mass of the Ordinariate: Renewal & Continuity – A Treasure To Be. . .

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
Raising Children in an Age of Anxiety & a Culture of Individualism – Catholic World Report
How American Educators are Conning Kids – Frannie Block at the Free Press
Life Punishes the Late—Adapt or Die – Gerry Lynch at Slugger O’Toole

Analysis and Punditry:
Does the Catholic Church Promote Coerced Conversions? – Steve Ray at Defenders of the. . .
Truly Appreciating Nuns Consists in Helping Them Live Their Own Vocation – Abp. Héctor Aguer
Bartholomew de Las Casas: Missionary Advocate for the Indigenous People of New Spain – CE

Education Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Reconsidering the Faculty Hiring Crisis for Classical Education – Erik Twist at CiRCE Institute
A Classically Educated Founding – Elizabeth Amato at Liberty Fund

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

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Good Enough . . . New York Philharmonic – Jay Nordlinger at the New Criterion

Political Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Founding Fathers Funded Government Through Tariffs – Larry Elder at Chronicles
How Psychological Distress Globally Accelerated Among Youth During Pandemic – After Babel
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:
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

A thank you to our sponsor:
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
See the Most Recent Prime Time Politics Posts – Prime Time Politics
See the Latest Western Civ Defender Posts – Western Civ Defender

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. The Striking Silence Surrounding July 13 – Alexander Riley at Chronicles
2. The Struggles of a Scrupulous Trad – Amberlee Duteau at Crisis Magazine
3. Why Half of America is Cheering for Chaos – Shadi Hamid at the Washington Post
4. How a Narcissistic Society Created the Mental Health Crisis (& Vice Versa) – ARC
5. Who Really Loses In Hook-Up Culture? – Ed Morrisey at Hot Air
6. Saying the Unsayable about Research Universities – Eric Weinstein via X
7. Catholic Folk Piety – A Defense by Philip Campbell – G. DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
8. How Did Law Schools Become Lawless? – Mark Pulliam at Law & Liberty
9. Where is America Headed, to Chaos or a Counter-Order – Tradition, Family & Property
10. The People of the United States vs. Liberal Tyranny – Patrick J. Deneen via Postliberal Order

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
An Educated Priest can Introduce Himself to Laypeople, Speak to Them About God Easily – TFP
The Euthanasia of Ivan Ilyich: Recovering Good Lives & Deaths in the Age of Assisted Dying – PD
A Blueprint for American Cultural Renewal – Jonathan Keeperman at Office Hours With Lomez

Analysis and Punditry:
Are Diversity & Catholicism “Equally” Important at the University of Notre Dame? – Scott Yenor
The Collectivist, Evolutionary Religion of the UN – Bruce W. Davidson at Brownstone Institute
The Real Way to Build Back Better – David G. Bonagura, Jr., at the University Bookman

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

Cultural & Philosophical Analysis, Punditry, and News:
176 Keys . . . .Yuja Wang & Víkingur Ólafsson – Jay Nordlinger at the New Criterion

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:
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
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net

A thank you to our sponsor:
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property