Raymond Hilbrich

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Polish Archbishop Criticizes Petition to Ban Children’s Confession – Luke Coppen at The Pillar
2. Is Father Martin Nyberg Being Unjustly Accused? – Matthew C. Abbot at Renew America
3. Mel Gibson Criticizes Pope Francis over Slide Toward Religious Pluralism – Catholic Herald
4. Trump’s Push for CanMerica: Is This for Real? – Kennedy Hall at Crisis Magazine
5. The Problem Of Freemasonry – Michael H. Brown at Spirit Daily Blog
6. Biden’s Scrapped Vatican Trip Highlights Symbolism of Farewell Diplomacy – Fr. R.J. de Souza
7. Vs. Lutheran Johann Hülsemann: Sola Scriptura – David Armstrong at Biblical Evidence for. . .
8. Gebetsliga Vestments by Emblematik (Fatima, Portugal) – J. Sonnen at Liturgical Arts Journal
9. Rabbi: Pope’s Words on Israel ‘A Historic Danger’ – Edgar Beltrán at The Pillar
10. Santa Pudenziana; Ancient Roman House Churches You Can Visit – Hilary White at The SIP

Best of the Rest:
Heaven – James Chastek, Ph.D., Ph.L., at Just Thomism
Pope Francis Tells Pediatric Cancer Patients They Are ‘Witnesses of Hope’ – Cthlc World Report

Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit
Knights of Columbus Organizes Christmas for Ukrainian Orphans – Vatican News
12 Ways to Obtain a Jubilee Indulgence – Nation Catholic Reg

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Ugly Buildings, Beautiful Priests – Austin Ruse at Crisis Magazine
2. The Leonine Prayers after Mass (Part 1) – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Tradition & Sanity
3. Germany Gripped By Migrant Violence On New Year’s Eve – Zoltán Kottász at The EC
4. The New Completed Nativity of the Monastery of Norcia by Fabrizio Diomedi – Ltrgcl Arts Jrnl
5. The Liturgical Movement that is Needed – Emily Finley at The Christian Imagination
6. Are You Afraid? Run to Our Lady! – Mary Ann Kreitzer at Les Femmes
7. Record Numbers of Young Adults Flock to Salt Lake City for SEEK25 – Catholic World Report
8. Where Is Infant Baptism in the Bible? – Tim Staples at Catholic Answers Magazine
9. What Is Time? – James Haninck at New Oxford Review
10. The Quiet Work of Liberating Trafficked Women from Slavery – S. Caldwell at Catholic Herald

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Highlighted News and Punditry:
Boniface & the Christmas Tree – Steve Weidenkopf at Catholic Answers Magazine
Christians Attacked in Village in Bangladesh – Nirmala Carvalho at Crux

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
Tradition & Treachery – Anthony M. Esolen, Ph.D., at Crisis Magazine
White House Backs off Contraceptive Mandate – M. Elhabbal at CNA via Catholic World Report
Israel Summons Vatican Ambassador Over Francis’ Remarks – Gloria.tv
How We Christians Squandered Our Influence Over Politics Throughout The West – J Zmirak PhD
How Dif’t are the Pre-1955, 1962, & 1969 Calendars for Christmas & Epiphany? – Rorate Cæli
A 12th Century Tabernacle from Cologne – Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement
How Do We Know Where Jesus Was Born? – Fr. Dwight Longenecker at Standing On My Head
Venerable Fulton Sheen Taught Me the True Meaning of Christmas – National Catholic Register
Saudi Doctor Identified as German Christmas Market Terrorist – Christina Holmgren-Larson
The Culture of Death Wins in Britain – Msgr. Richard C. Antall at Crisis Magazine

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

Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
Emmanuel and the War Against Sin – Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P., at Our Sunday Visitor

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Deforming the Clergy – Francis Magister at Crisis Magazine
2. Historic Catholic Church in Anatolia Given to the Greek Orthodox – Catholic Family News
3. From Festive Cheer to Hamas Gear: Scandal at German Christmas Market – The E.C.
4. Trump Picks Catholic Vote President Brian Burch for U.S. Ambassador to Holy See – Reuters
5. The Man, His Shadow, and the Tragedy of the Fallen – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D., at KL
6. Pagans and the Winter Solstice – Christine Flynn at Catholic Answers Magazine
7. Understanding the Advent Ember Days with the Help of the Golden Legend – New Lit Mov
8. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel. . .the O Antiphons! – Jeffrey A. Mirus, Ph.D., at Catholic Culture
9. Joe Biden to Meet Pope in Final Foreign Trip as U.S. President – Crux via Catholic Herald
10. Brazilian Catholic Oppose Attempts to Pardon Members of 2022 Coup Attempt – Crux

The Best of the Rest:
Rediscover the Power of ‘Littleness’ During Advent – Cthlc News Service via Our Sunday Visitor

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

Highlighted News and Punditry
Pope Francis and Catholic Sensitivity to Jews – Fr. Raymond J. de Souza
Detransitioners Parents Demand End Butchery Children Through Sex Change Surgeries – Fox News
Biological Sex is ‘Natural Reality’ Scholars Tells Supreme Court – Matt Lamb at The College Fix
What Does the Tradition Say about the Heart? – OnePeterFive
Catholic Bishop in Sudan Seriously Injured in Assault by Rapid Forces – CNA
New Mexico Bishops Come Out Strongly Against Mass Deportations – The CWR
Catholic University of America Facing $30 Million Deficit – The Pillar

Best of the Rest
Feast of St. Nicholas – Thy Geekdom Come
Cardinal Pizzaballa: Pope Francis Calls Holy Family Church in Gaza Every Day – CWR
Arrested Nun to Contest ‘Mafia Link’ Allegations – The Pillar
Jordan Peterson: The Bible is a Collection of ‘World-Ordering’ Ideas – CWR
Catholic Families, Find Jesus in Prayer at Advent and Always – NCR

Top-10 Most Viewed News Stories on Big Pulpit:
1. Why Was Gregorian Chant Suppressed if Vatican II Commanded that It be Used? – Fr. Z’s Blog
2. How to Pray the Never-Failing Saint Andrew Christmas Novena – Terri Thomas at Catholic 365
3. “Heaven & Earth Shall Pass Away. . .” – Peter A. Kwasniewski, Ph.D., at Tradition & Sanity
4. Catholic Director of Netflix Film ‘Mary’ Celebrates Blessed Mother, St. Joseph – NC Register
5. Interpreting the Apocalypse – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D., at 1 Peter 5
6. Assisted Suicide is the End of Tory Values – Alexander Raikin at The European Conservative
7. The Fight Against this Appalling Assisted Suicide Bill is Not Yet Over – The Catholic Herald
8. Boise St. Women’s Volleyball Forfeits Against San Jose St. & Its Male Athlete – The College Fix
9. ‘Dark Day’ for UK, says Bishop, as MPs Vote for Assisted Suicide – Simon Caldwell at C Herald
10. World First as Australia Bans Social Media for Under 16s – Zoltán Kottász at The EC

Best of the Rest:
Kidnapped Nigerian Christian Escapes to Freedom – Terry Mattingly at Rational Sheep

Highlighted News and Punditry
Trump Picks RFK Jr. for Secretary of Health and Human Services – Catholic Vote
Georgia Sued for Excluding Christian College from Financial Aid Program – The College Fix
What the USCCB Meeting Said About the US Bishops, Pope Francis, and Donald Trump – NC Register
PopeWatch: Lavender Mafia – Donald R. McClarey at TA Catholic
Social Media Erupts after Biden Appears Jubilant in Trump White House Meeting – Fox News
What is an Oblate? Video Series Trailer! – Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest
Michigan Dems Push For ‘Radical’ Sex Ed Changes Before Control Of State House Flips To GOP – DW
Discovering the Latin Mass Brings Lots of Questions – Peter Kwasniewski at 1Peter5

Best of the Rest
St. Albert the Great: The Church and Science are in Harmony – CNA
German Greens Advocate “Women Only” Train Carriages – The European Conservative
Liturgical Musical Chairs – The Catholic World Report
‘But Marian Dogmas Aren’t in the Bible!’ – Catholic Answers

Highlighted News and Punditry:
Help Us Reach $3,000; What I Do. . . – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Donald Trump Can Thank Catholics for His Big Win – National Catholic Register
Archdiocese of New Orleans Will Release Personnel Files of Clergy Accused of Sex Abuse – CNA
From the Vatican: Wishing ‘Great Wisdom’ for President-Elect Trump – CNA
Awakening a Sleeping Giant – Donald R. McClarey at The American Catholic
Understanding the Church’s Laws Is the Antidote to ‘Zombie Catholicism’ – National Catholic Register
U. Oregon Administrator on Leave after Wishing Trump Voters would Kill Themselves. – College Fix

Best of the Rest:
Religious Orders and Fasting – Matthew Plese at 1Peter5
Deepen Your Spiritual Life and Combat Evil with the Rosary – Catholic World Report
The Paradox of Suffering: Drawing Closer to Jesus Christ – Dennis Dillon at Catholic Stand
Abortion Did Not Mobilize Voters, Biological Males in Women’s Sports Did – Catholic Vote
Trump Says Life Was Spared to ‘Restore America to Greatness’ – Catholics for Catholics
The Left Will Not Go Quietly – Regis Martin at Crisis Mag

All Saints and All Souls

The Saints Are Sealed, Called, and Saved by God – Catholic World Report
Torches From God – Donald R. McClarey at TA Catholic
Save the Dates for a Special Opportunity to Help the Holy Souls in Purgatory – Catholic365
The End of the World, the End of Life, and the End of October: the Art of the 4 Last Things – Sacred Images
Chad Bishops Set Day of Prayer for All Souls Following Deadly Boko Haram Attack – Crux

Highlighted News and Punditry

French Officials Escort Migrant Who Threatened To Kill Nigel Farage to Britain – The European Cnsrvtv
Harvard Memorial Church to Host ‘Reading Taylor Swift as a Sacred Text’ Event – The College Fix
The Morality, Economics and Politics of Mass Deportation – National Catholic Register
The Enneagram: A Tool for Wisdom or a Spiritual Trap? – The CWR
Surrounded by Halloween Witchery, Catholics in Salem Wage a Battle for Souls – NCR
Media Scrutinized for Bizarre Claim that Trump Threatened Cheney with Firing Squad – Catholic Vote
Imprisoned Pro-Life Activists Urge Americans To Vote Against Kamala – Daily Wire

Highlighted News and Punditry

Monsignor Horan, An Airport, and Holy Indifference – Raymond Hilbrich at TACatholic
Crossroads — Kamala Harris and the “Jesus is Lord” Hecklers – Terry Mattingly
Federal, State Police Investigate Arson Fire at Historic Massachusetts Catholic Church – CNA
Colleges Contribute to ‘Decline of Marriage,’ Social Commentator Says in New Book – The College Fix
Trad Women’s Conference Transcends Generations – OnePeterFive
Cardinal Muller Isn’t Synodalizing Very Well. – Creative Minority Report
80 Years Ago Today: The Heroic Last Battle of the USS Johnston – Daily Register
New Encyclical ‘Simple and Powerful Cure’ to Many Societal Issues, U.S. Bishops Say – Crux
Pro-Life Laws Aren’t Driving Surge in Infant Deaths, OB-GYN Expert Says – Daily Register
A Royal, Holy Marriage – Leila Marie Lawler

Punditry and Analysis

This is Beautiful. Woman Instructed to Abort, Refuses – Creative Minority Report
Archbishop Gomez, Cardinal Dolan make friendly wager for NY-LA World Series – Angelus News

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Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis:
My Conversion Story and Fundraising Drive – Robert “Tito” Edwards
Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration Live – Big Pulpit

Top-10 Most Viewed Big Pulpit Links:
1. Take Action: Contact Your Bishop Regarding The Real Presence Survey – Complicit Clergy
2. N Carolina Child Trapped During Hurricane Helene Mudslide Saved by His Persistent Dog – CV
3. Young Mother Jailed for 3.5 years for Blocking Abortion Entrance – Catholic World Report
4. 3 Years Later, Canadian ‘Mass Graves’ Claims Remain Unproven. . . – Natl Catholic Register
5. Trump Will Release Pro-Life Political Prisoners on First Day in Office – Catholics for Catholics
6. Dutch Cardinal Advocates Christ-Centered Reform Over Controversial Synod Issues – Cmp Clr
7. Hadley Arkes: Only Natural Law Can Revitalize the Pro-Life Cause – S. Tadié at NC Register
8. Vatican Statistics: Catholic Population Shrinks in Europe, Rises Everywhere Else – CNA
9. What is Christian Meditation? – Robert Lazu Kmita, Ph.D., at Kmita’s Library
10. Cardinal Zen Issues Another Critique of Synod, Calling for ‘Successful Ending’ – Cthlc Vote

News, Punditry, and Analysis:
On Assisted Suicide, the UK Is Knocking on the Culture of Death’s Door – Editors at NC Register
Should Everything Be Political? – David Warren at The Catholic Thing

Highlighted News, Punditry, and Analysis

Live Updates: The Synod on Synodality Debates the Catholic Church’s Future – CNA
Apostolic Visitation of FSSP Augurs Ill for the Latin Mass – OnePeterFive
Belgian Prime Minister Criticizes Pope Francis for Statements on Abortion – CNA at CWR
Where do the Teutonic Knights Come From? – Maintaining the Realm
Even Ivy League Students are Struggling to Read Whole Novels – The College Fix
France: LGBT Activist Charged With Sexual Abuse of Disabled 4 Year Old – Euro Cnsrvtv
Former Sheriff Jim McDonnell, a Catholic, Picked to Lead LAPD – Angelus News
4th Annual National Latin Mass Pilgrimage Continues – Noah Peters at OnePeterFive

Punditry and Analysis

Saint Thérèse’s Little Way and Her Burning Fire for God – Per Mariam: Mater Dolorosa
The Mystery of Marriage – Public Disclosure

Sacred Music and Art

Ten Gregorian Chants Every Catholic Should Know – Tradition and Sanity
Defend Us in the Day of Battle: St. Michael the Archangel in Christian Art and Devotion – The Sacred Images Project