Raymond Hilbrich

Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit News Stories:
1. Desacralizing Lent – Michael P. Foley, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement
2. Young People Are Converting to Catholicism En Masse – Rikki Schlott at New York Post
3. This Easter, the Church Is Rising from the Grave – Sebastian Morello at the European. . .
4. Bishop Egan Praises Supreme Court for ‘Standing Firm’ Against Gender Ideologues – C Herald
5. Archaeologists Uncover Early Use of Site Beneath Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem – CWR
6. We All Killed Him – Kennedy Hall at Crisis Magazine
7. Good Friday, Good news, and the Young – Peter Wolfgang at Catholic Culture
8. ‘One Who Shows the Way’: Bishop Varden on the Triduum with Mary – Luke Coppen
9. Why Christ’s Resurrection is Trustworthy – Lila Rose
10. Behold the Wood of the Cross – Fr. Patrick Briscoe at Our Sunday Visitor

Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Catechumens in Canada Enter Church Drawn to Truth, Beauty, Goodness – Catholic World Report
Good Friday – Roseanne T. Sullivan

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Who Will Succeed Cardinal Dolan & When? – J.D. Flynn at the Pillar
2. Pope in Poncho Makes Unscheduled Visit to Tomb of St. Pius X – Crux via Catholic Herald
3. Vatican: Health Update After Pp. Francis’ Surprise Visit to Basilica w/o Papal Attire – Register
4. Ecumenical Councils and their Aftermath – Larry Chapp, Ph.D., at the Pillar
5. Is It Good for Man to Be Alone Now? – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at the Catholic Thing
6. St. Gemma Galgani’s Mystical Visions, Conversations w/Guardian Angel – Hollywood Catholic
7. Hidden in the Shadow of the Cross – Mike Aabram at First Things
8. No Choice is Discovered – James Chastek, Ph.D., Ph.L., at Just Thomism
9. The Offertory Incensation, Part II – Michael P. Foley, Ph.D. at New Liturgical Movement
10. The Perpetual Passover Feast – Sheryl Collmer at Crisis Magazine

Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Have You Been Praying the Daily Rosary This Lent? – Mary Ann Kreitzer at Les Femmes
The God-Man, Jesus Christ – Fr. Vincent Bernhard at Our Sunday Visitor

Top 10 Big Pulpit Links
1. Theodore McCarrick Dead at 94 – The Pillar
2. Theodore McCarrick Dies at 94. What Damage Did He Cause? – Michael Haynes at PerMariam
3. The Story of Randy, the Man Who Saved the Host from the Topeka Satanic Ritual – Return2Order
4. Living in the End Times Does Not Give Us a Pass – Dr. Jeff Mirus at Catholic Culture
5. Vatican, Russia Discuss War in Ukraine After Drone Strike Kills Civilians in Kharkiv – CNA at CWR
6. Msgr. Pope Warns: Hell Is Real and Many Are Headed There – Matthew McDonald at NatCathReg
7. How Disney Killed Snow White – Mary Rose Somarriba at First Things
8. Psalm 141:9 – When the Forces Ranged Against Us are Too Strong – Psallam Domino
9. Catholic Priest Fatally Shot in Kansas – Hollywood Catholic
10. Christian Investors Gather in Denver for Ecumenical Investing Conference – CNA at CWR

Analysis and Punditry
What This Miraculous Healing Tells Us About the Heart of Christ – Allison Barrick at NatCatholicReg
Fine Art and Technology – Just Thomism

Top-10 Most Viewed News Links on Big Pulpit:
1. I Moved My Family Farther from a Traditional Latin Mass – Dan Millette at 1 Peter 5
2. ACLU Sues West Virginia for Grant to Catholic Trades College – M. Kromer at the College Fix
3. MAGA Goes Woke – Robin Phillips at The Epimethean
4. A Mid-Western Saint from Rome – Sean Pilcher at New Liturgical Movement
5. Spanish Socialists Aim To Bury the Valley of the Fallen – Javier Villamor at the European. . .
6. A Solemn Set of Vestments in Rose from 1725-1750 – Sh. R. Tribe at Liturgical Arts Journal
7. 12 Proposals For Catholic Renewal In a Post-Institution Age – Catholic Missionary Disciples
8. The Catholic Role in the American Founding – Philip E. Lawler, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
9. Be It Done Unto Me: The Legacy of Mother Angelica of the Annunciation – N Catholic Register
10. Catholic Population in Germany Drops Below 20 Million for the First Time – C World Report

Analysis and Punditry:
Form of the Good – James L. Chastek, Ph.D., Ph.L., at Just Thomism
Pope’s Health Continues to Improve, But Easter Plans Still Uncertain – Crux via Catholic Herald

Pope Francis:
For Live Updates on the Health of Pope Francis, Click Here – Catholic News Agency

Spiritual Analysis, Punditry, and News:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
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:
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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The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property
and
The Catholic Pipe Company

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Does ‘Traditionis Custodes’ Have a Future? – Luke Coppen at the Pillar
2. Earn a Degree. Kill Your Child. – Matthew Archbold at Creative Minority Report
3. ‘Ireland Is Not Lost Forever’: Bishop Brings Ashes and Gospel to City Streets – NC Register
4. Europe & America: By the Seas Divided – Roy-Charles A. Coulombe, K.C.S.S., at Crisis
5. “Let My Prayer Rise as Incense” – Byzantine Music for Lent – New Liturgical Movement
6. Navigating the Battlefield of Modern Romance – Sam Buntz at First Things
7. Sin Makes You Stupid — Lent Makes You Smart – David Mills at National Catholic Register
8. The Church Is Not Just an Institution – Andrew Petiprin at Catholic Answers Magazine
9. No Christians, No Syria, as Archbishop Calls for Justice for Massacre Victims – CWR
10. Democrats Push Bill to Protect Mailing of Abortion Pills – Catholic World Report

Honorable Mentioned Most Viewed New Stories:
Act as Divine Blessedness – James Chastek, Ph.D., Ph.L., at Just Thomism
Ps 147 Verse 5: We Must Become Whiter than Snow – Psallam Domino

Indiscriminate Analysis, Punditry, and News:
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

A thank you to our sponsors:
The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family, and Property
and
The Catholic Pipe Company

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Los Angeles Religious Education Congress: Mired in Dissent – Tradition, Family, & Property
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Turning Just War Theory into Justified Surrender Theory – Tradition, Family, & Property

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Eating Meat on a Friday is a Mortal Sin – Matthew at A Catholic Life
2. Tradition or Annihilation – Kennedy Hall at Crisis Magazine
3. Pew Research on US Catholics: ‘Invasive’ Action Needed to Fill Church Pews – Catholic Herald
4. For Live Updates on the Health of Pope Francis, Click Here – Catholic News Agency
5. Happy Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement
6. Trump Cancels $400M in Grants to Columbia – Maya Sulking & G. Kaminsky at the Free Press
7. Catholic Aid Agency Says ‘People Will Starve’ in Bangladesh Due to Aid Cuts – Crux
8. Ukraine: Painful Decisions About War & Peace – Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
9. Bp. Barron to Catholics Working in Congress: Don’t Leave Your Faith at the Door – NC Register
10. The Universal Authority of St. Thomas Aquinas – Murray Rundus at 1 Peter 5

Honorable Mentioned News Stories on Big Pulpit:
A Pro-Life & Pro-Family US Foreign Aid Strategy – Jakub Grygiel at First Things
What Happens When a Pope Dies? – Chas Newkey-Burden at The Week

Analysis and Punditry:
The Art of Conversation II: Principles That Build Holy & Engaging Conversations – TFP

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:
Ukrainian Bishop: Why are the Russians Putting up Statues of Stalin in Occupied Ukraine? – TFP
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
Catholic Fundraising Assistance – CatholicFundraiser.net
Follow Big Pulpit & the Editor-in-Chief on X – Robert “Tito” Edwards

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

Top-10 Big Pulpit Links
1. Conservatives Rally Around Trump After Meeting with Zelenskyy Goes Off the Rails – Fox News
2. Pope Francis Presents with ‘Sudden Worsening of the Respiratory Picture’ on Friday – CNA
3. 5 Takeaways from JD Vance’s NCPB Speech – Jonathan Liedl at NCR
4. The Coming Trumpian Pope – Austin Ruse at Crisis Magazine
5. The Heaven-Earth Dilemma and the Scandal of God-Become-Dirt – Matthew Becklo at CWR
6. Get Real – Guy McClung at Catholic Stand
7. True Catholic Doctrine:”Obedience Must Have its Limits, Beyond Which Guilt Begins.” – RLK
8. RFK Launches Review of Childhood Vaccine Schedule and Chronic Diseases – Catholic Vote
9. How Hard Is It to Commit a Mortal Sin? – Joe Heschmeyer at Catholic Answers Mag
10. Pope Francis Tells Liturgists to Avoid ‘Pageantry Or Prominence’ – Kristina Millare at CWR

Best of the Rest
Sede Vacante: The Custodian of the Conclave – Liturgical Arts Journal
Eucharist ~ Cannibalism – Just Thomism

Top 10 Big Pulpit Links
1. The Magnanimous Contrite Heart – New Lit Movement
2. The Novus Ordo is Rhetorical Religion – Michael Hickman at 1Peter5
3. Love Is a Decision – John M. Grondelski at New Oxford Review
4. Pope Francis Hospitalized for Bronchitis – National Catholic Register
5. Tolkien’s True Love – Robert Lazu Kmita
6. The Founders and the Fathers on the American Class System – Fr. Christopher B. Warner at CWR
7. How to Keep Christ at the Center of Our Relationships – Gabrielle Bean at Our Sunday Visitor
8. Fertility Rates Show Pro-Life Laws Saved 22,000 Lives in 2023, Study Finds – CNA at CWR
9. Vance Draws Attention to Lack of Religious Freedom, Free Speech in Europe – NCR
10. Danes Launch Joke Petition To Buy California – European Conservative

Best of the Rest
Don’t Overcomplicate Marriage! – Todd Aglialoro at Catholic Answers
Christian School Worker Wins Landmark Trial for Expressing Religious Beliefs – Catholic Herald

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Eyewitness to Livestreamed Priest Attack: Mental-Health Crisis Demands Action – Register
2. The Manosphere Goes to Washington – Aaron M. Renn
3. USAID’s $200M: $10M Meals to Al Qaeda Linked Terrorists, Millions More to DEI – C4C
4. Patriots for Europe Launch ‘Grand Offensive’ in Madrid – Zoltán Kottász at the European. . .
5. A Remarkable Resurgence of Catholic Education & Formation – Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D., at CC
6. What Happened to Us When We Were Baptized? – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D., at Kmita’s Library
7. What’s Wrong With IVF? – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at New Oxford Review
8. Patron Saints & Invoking Saints vs. Direct Prayer to God – David Armstrong at Biblical. . .
9. St. Luke the Younger, & the Monastery of Hosios Loukas – New Liturgical Movement
10. Next National Eucharistic Congress to be in 2029 – Michelle La Rosa at The Pillar

Best of the Rest:
Catholic Bishops Praise Trump’s Executive Order Barring Men from Women’s Sports – Register
Pope Francis: Keep the Hope that it is Possible to Eradicate Human Trafficking – C World Report

Highlighted Analysis, Punditry, and News:
The Chronicles of the Apprentice Apostle – Ida Adams at Catholic Stand

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. ‘There Has Never Been an Insurgency Like This’: Reform U.K. Leader Nigel Farage – M. Hume
2. Catholic Priest at Crash Site of Deadly Midair Collision: ‘It Was My Duty’ To Be There – CWR
3. Women Don’t Need More Ministerial Roles—We Need Churching! – Angela Lill, Ph.D., at Crisis
4. What Is Islam? – Theodore Dalrymple, M.D., at The Lamp Magazine
5. Maine Court: No Retroactive Lawsuits for Clergy Abuse Cases – National Catholic Register
6. U.S. Bishops Call for Advocacy Against Federal Foreign Aid Freeze – John Lavenburg at Crux
7. The Tale of Joseph Bevan: A Trad Godfather’s Memoir – Anthony Jones at 1 Peter 5
8. Do You Believe in Providence? – John M. Grondelski, Ph.D., at Catholic Answers Magazine
9. Gothic & Baroque Sculptures in a Swiss Abbey – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
10. The Many Miracles of St. John Bosco – Deacon Thomas L. McDonald at N Catholic Register

Best of the Rest:
Crossroads — There’s More to the March for Life than Politics – Terry Mattingly at Rational Sheep

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Famed Exorcist Charged With Fake Battery Claim – Christine Niles, J.D., via Complicit Clergy
2. Can We Finally Go Back to Having Kings? – Kennedy Hall at Crisis Magazine
3. The “Illegals” Wins Never Quit – Dad29
4. U.S. Government Abortion Website Shut Down – Cthlc News Agency via Catholic World Report
5. The Greatest First Week in Presidential History – Eric Sammons at Editor’s Desk
6. Jesuit University to Hire Transgender Studies Literature Professor – The College Fix
7. How St. Francis De Sales Overcame His Temper to Become a Saint of Kindness – NC Register
8. Trump Pardons 23 Peaceful Pro-Life Activists Jailed Under Biden – Catholic Herald
9. The Feast of St. Timothy – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
10. JD Vance Addresses March for Life: Need a Culture that Celebrates Life at All Stages – CNA

Best of the Rest:
Live Updates From the 2025 March for Life – Francesca Pollio Fenton at Catholic News Agency

Highlighted Punditry, Analysis, and News:
Let Hope Lead Your Lives, Pope Tells Seminarians – CNS via Baltimore Catholic Review

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Coming to Terms with Vatican II – Fr. Michael Brownson at 1 Peter 5
2. Give Me Reagan’s “Ave Maria” Over Jimmy Carter’s “Imagine” – Paul G. Kengor, Ph.D., at Crisis
3. What Is — and Isn’t — Wrong with Islam? – Raymond Ibrahim at The Stream
4. John Calvin, the False Optimist – Tim Staples at Catholic Answers Magazine
5. 2nd Sunday After Epiphany (Novus Ordo: 2nd Ordinary): A “Liturgical Unicorn” – Fr. Z’s Blog
6. The Deus Qui Humanae Substantiæ – Michael P. Foley, Ph.D., at New Liturgical Movement
7. CARA Finds Substantial Decline In Credible Allegations Against Clergy – The Pillar
8. Can RFK Jr. Make America Healthy Again? – Peter M. Laffin at National Catholic Register
9. Sister Clare Crockett’s Path to Sainthood Begins – Catholic Herald
10. Comprehending God – James Chastek, Ph.L., Ph.D., at Just Thomism

Best of the Rest:
St. Anthony the Abbot in the Isenheim Altarpiece – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement