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Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Office of the Dead Booklet, How We Dress at Holy Mass Matters, & More Links – NC Register

Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit Links:
1. PopeWatch: Well, This Is Confusing – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
2. PopeWatch: Papal Tears – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
3. Office of the Dead Booklet, How We Dress at Holy Mass Matters, & More Links – NC Register
4. Why Are Young Women Insisting on the Return of the Chapel Veil? – Michael Haynes at TFP
5. Heresy & Hammer: How Protestant Iconoclasm Became a Campaign of Destruction – H. White
6. The Great Paradox of Medieval Monasticism – Robert Keim at Via Mediaevalist
7. Is the Legacy of the Teutonic Order a Hatred between Germans and Poles? – Aaron Pattee
8. Christian Medical Witness to a Secular Culture – James O. Breen, M.D., at Crisis Magazine
9. Conservative Cosmopolitanism – Edward Weech at The European Conservative
10. The Philosophy That Framed the US Constitution – Dan Sanchez at Mercator

Punditry and Analysis:
Give Me That Old Time Originalism – David Phillips, J.D., and Josh Craddock at Public Discourse
A Spaniard’s Paean to Trajan, Romania, and Latin Civilization – Alberto M. Fernandez at The EC
Final Thoughts on Richard Dawkins – Stacy Trasancos, Ph.D., at God & Elements

Catholic Education News, Punditry, and Analysis:
The Art of Teaching – Eric Maurer at ClassicalEd Review

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Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
New Translations of Texts Used for Eucharistic Adoration to Go Into Effect in Dec. – NC Register
Sport a Little Texture: Corduroy – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist

Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit Links:
1. What Will Be Left for Catholics After Francis? – John Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Stream
2. That Dumb Political Ad . . . I’m a Man – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at Standing on my Head
3. The Vatican’s Watergate Break-In – J.D. Flynn and Ed. Condon at The Pillar
4. New Translations of Texts Used for Eucharistic Adoration to Go Into Effect in Dec. – Register
5. Whitmer the Witch Out Does Herself – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
6. The Pope Francis Word Salad a la carte – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
7. Popes Can Err Slightly but Cannot Profess Formal Heresy – The Daily Knight
8. Former US Ambassador to Vatican: Harris-Walz Is the Anti-Catholic Ticket – T. Williams, Ph.D.
9. God Will Not Be Mocked – by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer or Anyone Else! – Joe McClane
10. Polls Coming Up Trump – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic

Punditry and Analysis:
Yes, We Should Celebrate Columbus Day – Peter Wolfgang at Catholic Culture
Catholic Thoughts on Yom Kippur, Redux* – Bob Kurland, Ph.D., at The American Catholic
Virginia Bishop Urges Caution on Gambling Amid Push for New Casino – Natl Catholic Register
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Political Analyst Says That the Catholic Vote is Leaning Towards Trump – Charlotte Hazard
Political Parties and the Catholic Vote in 2024 – Gene Van Son at Catholic Stand

Catholic Education News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Colleges With Strong Catholic Identity See Record Enrollment in Fall 2024 – Angelus News
Homeschooling: ‘Super Weird,’ or Future of the Church? – Jack Figge at The Pillar
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net

Synod on Synodality:
Catholic Homosexual Group: New Cardinals Largely ‘LGBTQSJ-Positive’ – Tho. D. Williams, Ph.D.
The Trinity the Synod Needs – Robert Royal, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing
Top Jesuit Supports ‘LGBTQSJ Catholics’ Event Held at Order’s Headquarters in Rome – CWR
Synod in Swing/New Cardinals/Suicide Pods – Jeanette De Melo at National Catholic Register
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Synod Debates on Bishops, Laypeople Opened to Public at Theology Forums – Natl Cth Register

Michigan Governor Whitmer’s Blasphemy:
Is Gretchen Whitmer Mocking the Eucharist? Catholics React – A. Murphy at Natl Cthlc Register
Michigan Catholic Bishops Slam Whitmer Over Viral Skit Accused of Mocking Communion – CV

Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
To Be Deep in History is to Cease to Be Protestant – D.R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
How Protestant Denominations Vote (Graph) – Aaron M. Renn
Thought For The Day – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert Edwards
San Francisco’s Liberal Racism – Lee Fang at UnHerd
PopeWatch: New Dialogue – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Did Aristotle Fail in Physics? Part I – Stacy Trasancos, Ph.D., at God & Elements
New Japanese Cardinal Lauds Peace Prize for Anti-Nuclear Weapons Group – Crux

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Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Synod Watch: Women Deacons Off the Table? – Raymond Hilbrich at The American Catholic
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit Links:
1. The Infernal Synod on Synodality – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza at First Things
2. DDF Voids Vatican Secretariat of State’s ‘Extraordinary’ Interference in Abuse Case – The Pillar
3. Bishop Strickland’s Umbrellino Deliverance Prayer for America – Catholics for Catholics
4. ‘Storm of the Century’: Hurricane Milton Makes Landfall on Florida’s West Coast – Cthlc Vote
5. How Oprah & Vacuous Celebrity Endorsements May Embolden Catholics – Th Edwards at C Hr
6. Is Criticism of ‘Hedonistic Materialism’ Really an Extremist Position? – Gabriël Moens, et al.
7. Who is the Rome Diocese’s New Vicar General, Future Cardinal Baldassare Reina? – CWR
8. Synod Watch: Women Deacons Off the Table? – Raymond Hilbrich at The American Catholic
9. Trad Godmother: How to Build a Latin Mass Community – Jodi Lacroix at 1 Peter 5
10. My Truth? The Real Personal Truth is Neither Mine Nor Yours – Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D., at CC

News:
Newly Appointed Cardinal from Japan Said Pope Highlighting Mission Areas in Asia – Crux

Punditry and Analysis:
Reassessing Elite Claims This Columbus Day – Bill Donohue at The American Spectator
Fall Up in This Top 10 List – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
How ‘Vatican Watchers’ Report on Papacy to Catholics Around World – Clemente Listi at Rel UnP
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
The Duty of Civil Rulers to Be Nursing Fathers – Edward Dorr at American Reformer
Support Big Pulpit & Donate Now to This Evangelizing Apostolate – Little Vatican
Summer Ends and a New Academic Year Begins – Fr. Nathaniel Dreyer at Catholic Stand

Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
NY Times, Others Criticized for Lopsided Coverage of Storms Under GOP & Dem Admins – CV
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert Edwards

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Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Documentary Shows Clerics Who Brought Our Lady of Champion Shrine to Natl Attention – CWR
Gulf & Florida Bishops, Priests, Laity: Pray the Litany Against Hurricane “Milton” – Fr. Z’s Blog
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
New Book – Martyrs of the Eucharist: Stories to Inspire Eucharistic Amazement – Fr. Z’s Blog

Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit Links:
1. Report: Cardinals Attend LGBT Event Promoting Expression of Homosexual Love – Breitbart
2. Vatican Reverses Decision to Expel Argentine Priest From Clerical State – NC Register
3. PopeWatch: Tucker Forgot to Wear His Tin Foil Hat – D. McClarey, J.D., at The Amrcn Catholic
4. The Synodal Comedy: Act II – Fr. John A. Perricone at Crisis Magazine
5. Millions of Christians, Religious People Say They Are Not Voting in November – Catholic Vote
6. Early Stirrings at the Synod in Rome, with Fr. Gerald E. Murray, J.C.D. – Robert Royal, Ph.D.
7. Transgender Pastor Claims Bible ‘Wasn’t Written for 2024’ – Premier Christian News
8. SSPX Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais Dies – Mary Ann Kreitzer at Les Femmes
9. Colorado Supreme Court Dismisses Case Against Christian Cake Baker – Catholic Vote
10. New Movie “Conclave” is Anti-Catholic Oscar Bait – Mat. Archbold at Creative Minority Report

News:
Los Angeles Catholic Church Repeatedly Vandalized in Possible ‘Hate Crime’ – Cth World Report
Pope Says Church Must ‘Confront Forms of Paganism’ in Secularism – Charles Collins at Crux
3,000 Pilgrims Celebrate Virginia Diocese’s Anniversary at the National Shrine – Catholic Vote
Pray for Editor-in-Chief of Canon212 Frank Walker, in Path of Hurricane Milton – Robert Edwards
Our Lady of Champion Solemnity – F.B. Smit at The Greatest of These is Love
Oklahoma Catholic Charter School Petitions U.S. Supreme Court to Consider Approval – CWR
Charlotte Bishop Contributes to Helene Relief Efforts During Visit to Western Nor. Carolina – CV

Punditry and Analysis:
New Cardinals: Africa Punished, Fiducia Supplicans’ Takes Revenge – Nico Spuntoni at NDC
The Modernists Will Continue to Divide the Church Over the Mass – Fr. Kevin M. Cusick
A Rebuttal of Fr. Nix & His Defense of Benepapism – Steven O’Reilly at Roma Locuta Est
Fall Up in This Top 10 List – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Canada’s Anti-Catholic Conflagration Claims Historic Quebec Church – The Catholic Herald
The Lessons of Louvain – Regis Martin, S.T.D., at Crisis Magazine
Harris Campaign Rhetoric in the Vatican Newspaper – Philip F. Lawler, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
Trans Industry Exposed – Brian Burch at Catholic Vote
U.S. Catholic Healthcare System Mutilating Children for Gender Transition Surgeries – Cth Vote
Can a ‘Synodal Church’ Exist Under Papal Primacy? – Charles Collins at Crux
Support Big Pulpit & Donate Now to This Evangelizing Apostolate – Little Vatican
German Catholics Shrug at the Pope’s Heresy – Luisa-Maria Papadopoulos at 1 Peter 5
Catholic Healthcare System Plays Huge Role in Trans Surgery, Drugs for Kids – The College Fix
LA’s Rookie Auxiliaries Return From Vatican’s ‘Bishops School’ – Pablo Kay at Angelus News
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert Edwards
What Will Replace Wokeism as the Ruling Regime’s Religion? – Frank DeVito at Crisis Magazine
Pro-LGBT Dominican Among Cardinal-Designates – Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D., at Breitbart
What is the Catholic Church like in Iran? – Michelle La Rosa at The Pillar
Red Bird Ministries Reframes Cultural Perspective on Life & Grief – Ignitum Today
Who are the Christians in Lebanon? – Jonah McKeown at CNA via Catholic World Report
The ‘Red Hat Challenge’ for Ukrainian Synodality – J.D. Flynn at The Pillar

Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
The Curious Conversion of Russell Brand – Theo Hobson at The Spectator World
The Left Always Devours Its Own – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
What Explains This Regime of Evil? Part 1 – John Zmirak, Ph.D., at The Stream
I Knew Five – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
The Power of Mandatory Mass Education – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Maréchal Launches New Right-Wing Party – Hélène de Lauzun at The European Conservative
C.S. Lewis on Unjust Things and God – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
The Ultimate Triumph For 1776? – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Gallup: Majority of Americans Think ‘Major Third Party is Needed’ in Political System – Cth Vote
Vote for the Party that Inflicts the Lesser Harm — Pope John Paul II – M. Kreitzer at Les Femmes

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

Punditry and Analysis:
Abortion and Subsidiarity – Edward C. Feser, Ph.D.
Fall Up in This Top 10 List – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Francis, Hezbollah, Argentina & the Proportional Response to Acts of War – Fr. Ray. J. de Souza
Murder of 19-yr-old Girl Exposed Clash bt New France & Catholic Conservative Old France – CH
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
Francis, False Hopes, & the Church’s Divine Constitution – Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D., at Cthlc Culture
Letters from the Synod: Ad Hoc Doctrine? – Xavier Rynne II, et alia, at First Things
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Deconstructing Discernment – David Torkington at Crisis Magazine
Report: Political Donations by “Professional” Catholics Heavily Favor Democrats – Lepanto Inst.
St. Michael Prayer: A Better Translation? – Christopher Check at Catholic Answers Magazine
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert Edwards
Laying To Rest The Tiniest Among Us – Elizabeth McClung at Catholic Stand
How Schools Are Turning Kids Against Their Families – Joanna Williams at Spiked
Michael Knowles & Bishop Schneider: God, The Church, & Our Times – Michael Knowles

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Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
The Bayingyi of Myanmar: Catholics under Siege – Rafael Pinto Borges at The European. . .
Gulf & Florida Bishops, Priests, Laity: Pray the Litany Against Hurricane “Milton” – Fr. Z’s Blog
How Our Lady of La Salette Can Give Us Hope in Darkness, & More Links – NC Register
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
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Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit Links:
1. The Telling Outcome of the Latest Round of Red-Hat Roulette – The Catholic Herald
2. Trump Victory Will Lead to Authoritarian Remake, Vatican Warns – Catholic World News
3. When Pope Francis is Right, He is Right – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
4. Should Melania Trump be Denied Holy Communion: Yes, Absolutely! – Fr. Allan J. McDonald
5. Pope Francis Leads the World by Doing the Right Thing – Timothy S. Flanders at 1 Peter 5
6. Fr. James Martin Complimenting a Man’s Attire? – John the Son of Thunder
7. SSPX Bishop on His Death Bed? – Timothy S. Flanders at 1 Peter 5
8. Oh Yeah, That Happened – David Griffey at Daffey Thoughts
9. Is the Catholic Church Shifting on Marriage? – Dr. Gavin Ashenden & Dr. Tony Rucinski
10. Do You Think Cultural Collapse in the West is an Accident? – Mary A. Kreitzer at Les Femmes

Punditry and Analysis:
Fall Up in This Top 10 List – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Profile: Ray Kenna – Alexandra Greeley at Catholic Stand
Sins Catholics Justify Without Realizing & How to Avoid Them, & More Links – NC Register
Wedding Rosaries – Helen Hoffner, Ed.D., at Ignitum Today
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
Perspectives, Paradigms, and Catholicity – Robert Royal, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing
8 Deadly Sins in Literature, Advice for the Melancholic, 7 Torments of Hell, & More Links – Rgstr
Pray. Vote. Pray. Work. Pray More. – Christopher Bell at Crisis Magazine
Support Big Pulpit & Donate Now to This Evangelizing Apostolate – Little Vatican

Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
‘Without God, I Wouldn’t Be Here’: Catholic Recounts Survival of Oct. 7 Hamas Attack – Register
October 7, 2023 The Killing Roads – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert Edwards
New Film on Life of Father Flanagan Hopes to Advance Priest’s Cause for Canonization – CNA
6 ‘Biblical’ Myths Debunked, ‘Lourdes of the East’ Expects Millions, & More Links – Register

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Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Nuclear Engineer Says Latest Research Confirms First-Century Date of Shroud of Turin – CNA
‘He Targeted My Child for Sexual Exploitation’: The Persecution of Christians – Raymond Ibrahim
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit Links:
1. Homosexualist Timothy Radcliffe Gets a Red Hat – C. Mares at CNA via Catholic World Report
2. Pope Stacks Conclave With Progressive Cardinals – Catholic Unscripted
3. Want to Know Why Catholics Confused About Proper Reverence for Mass. . . – Fr. A. McDonald
4. Catholic Mystic Reveals the Time of the Antichrist? Are We About to Meet Him – Joe McClane
5. PopeWatch: Father Dan – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
6. Papal Posse’s Brutally Honest Assessment of the Synod on Synodality – Complicit Clergy
7. A Must Miss Movie: Conclave – Donald R. McClarey, J.D., at The American Catholic
8. ‘He Targeted My Child for Sexual Exploitation’: Persecution of Christians – Raymond Ibrahim
9. The Battle of Lepanto Commemorated in a South Carolina Parish – Kathy Schiffer at CWR
10. Cardinal, Exorcists Differing Takes on Cleansing Ritual Performed on Mexican Pres. – CNA

Punditry and Analysis:
The Liberal and Flawed Roots of the Tiresome Synodal Grievances – Larry Chapp, Ph.D., at CWR
A Holy Cardinal Explains the Effects of Modernism – Cardinal Mercier, Primate of Belgium
Fall Up in This Top 10 List – Meghan Ashley Styling, A Catholic Stylist
Some Talking – and Listening – Points – Robert Royal, Ph.D., at The Catholic Thing
A Christian Call to Re-Enchant the World – Sebastian Morello at The European Conservative
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
The Transparent Silliness of the Lack of Synodal Transparency – Catholic World Report
Apostolic Visitation of FSSP Augurs Ill for the Latin Mass – Carina Benton at 1 Peter 5
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Belgian Prime Minister Angered After Francis Calls Abortion Doctors ‘Contract Killers’ – Breitbart

Indiscriminate News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Harris’s Pro-Abortion, Anti-Catholic Stances an Issue for Winning Scranton, PA – Sean Moran
Casey Attacks GOP’s McCormick Pro-Life Cred Who Has Same Views as Casey’s Dad – Am Spect
Follow the Editor-in-Chief of Big Pulpit on X – Robert Edwards
Michel Houellebecq’s new novel is worthy of Balzac – David Sexton at The Spectator World
Catholic Voters at Forefront of Pennsylvania Election Battle – Ben Whedon at Just the News
Pope Francis Urges Married Couples to ‘be Open to Life’ – CNA via Catholic World Report

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LA Archd. Leads Project to Develop Unused Buildings for Affordable Housing – Angelus News
Who is King Baudouin? Meet King of Belgians Whom Francis Wants to Canonize – Peter Pinedo
Why the Church Blesses Animals – Fr. Hugh Barbour, O. Praem., at Catholic Answers Magazine
American Cristeros – Sheryl Collmer at Crisis Magazine
Reintroducing Secularized Catholics to the Angels – Jennifer S. Bryson, Ph.D., at 1 Peter 5
Never-Before-Seen Writing of Benedict XVI Discovered, Published by Vatican Analyst – Cth Vote
How Our Lady of La Salette Can Give Us Hope in Darkness, & More Links – NC Register
What the LGBTQ Community Needs from the Church – Amy E. Hamilton, Ph.D., at What We. . .
Pew: Pope Francis’ Favorability Among American Catholics Keeps Dropping – Breitbart
Justin Trudeau’s Anti-Christian Bigotry – Jonathan Van Maren at The Bridgehead

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