Big Pulpit

Time to Abandon Comfort & Defend Essentials – James Kalb, Crisis

Contraception Fuss – Msgr. Owen F. Campion, OSV Newsweekly
On the Devil, Dentistry & Tooth Decay – Fr. Dwight Longenecker
Prepare Your Heart to Pray – Dom Augustin Guillerand, Cthlc Exchng
Five Traits of a Good Service Project – Fr. Matthew Schneider LC
Christianity & Islam: A Common Heritage? – William Kilpatrick, Crisis
The Devil in the Details of Everyday Life – William Van Ornum, Aleteia
Your Vocation Is Not About You – Benjamin Mann, Catholic Exchange
Why St. Thomas Becket was Martyred – Randall B. Smith PhD, Crisis
Plague of Darkness – Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg, Cthlc Exchng
On Thomas, Doubt & Being an Outsider – Olivia Spears, Ignitum Tdy
Escape from Ireland: One Family’s Story – Harry Stevens, Regina

Metropolitan Vladimir of Kiev & All Ukraine: 20 Years of Ministry – Pravmir

How Sex is Derailing Lutheran-Orthodox Dialogue – First Things

The Mystery of the Heart is Greater! – Notes on Arab Orthodoxy

Progress or Destruction in Spiritual Life Begins w/ Marriage – GOAA

Abbot Nicholas on EWTN (Video) – Holy Resurrection Monastery

History is a Scandal – Again and Again

Always New Beginnings – Phillip Rolfes, The Master Beadsman

On the Gift of Art: Clashing Worldviews – Orthodox Arts Journal

A Kingdom Not of This World – Eastern Christian Insights

Satans Deadly Counsel – Fr. Ted’s Blog

Mysticism, Monasticism and New Evangelization – Catholic World Report

Sergius Bulgakov: Parousia of the Holy Spirit – Eclectic Orthodoxy

Michael Voris Is Not Welcome. . . – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

10 Facts You Probably Should Know about the New Caliphate – SE Wills
How the Eucharist Ended a Heresy & Restored Peace – Kathleen Pluth
Religious Freedom & Catholic Service for the Poor – NCReg (link fixed)
Good vs. Holy – J. D. Mullane, OSV Newsweekly
Catholic Families, NFP & the Upcoming Synod – Micah Murphy, T&C
Beijing Persecuting The Church, Fearing One Day Being Christian –  CH
Why Virtue Requires an Imperfect World – Fr. Robert Spitzer, Str Ntn
Know Mary, Know Jesus; No Mary, No Jesus – Matthew Tyson, Iggy-T
Decoding Vatican II’s Marian Paradigm Shift – Fr. Tim. J. Sauppe STL
Christianity in Ataturk’s Capital: Not So Good – Vic. Gaetan (link fixed)
More Truth on the So-Called Irish Nun Scandal – Beverly De Soto

Homosexual Dads & Their Mothers – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Why I Used to be Pro-Choice & Why I Stopped – Ali Ghaffari, DPS
How Chase Bank & Other Corporations Coerce & Bully Christians – Ruse
Ora et Labora . . . & Vacation? – Sr. M. Regina Van Den Berg FSGM
How to Talk to Non-Catholics About the Faith – Emily Stimpson, OSV
Creation: What Science Can & Cannot Say – Bob Kurland, Cthlc Stand
On Church Closings & The Loss of Beauty – Megan Twomey, Iggy-T
Talking About Nature in an Unnatural Age – James Kalb, The CWR Blg
Ask & It Will Be Given to You: Vocations & Entitlement Society – Higgins
Exorcist Speaks Out on Planned Oklahoma Black Mass – John Burger
A Hellish Backup Plan – Dan Burke, Catholic Spiritual Direction
Divorce, Fortitude & Standing with Mary – David Heath, M3 Squared

UGCC Extends Fraternal Condolences to UOC-MP – RISU

Kiev Pays Last Respects to Metropolitan Vladimir – Pravmir

99 Ways to Become a God – R. Ballard, Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal

Reflections on Future of Oriental Orthodox Communion – OCP News

Abba Sisoes at the Tomb of Alexander the Great – LFAM

Gift of Peace & Spread of Orthodoxy in Uganda – Journey to Orthodoxy

On Why the Orthodox Pray for the Dead – Classical Christianity

St. Porphyrios and the Joy of the Resurrection – Mystagogy

St. Augustine’s Two Rules for Reading the Bible – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Ct Cl

Memory: Wired for God in the Eucharist – Dr. Joseph R. Hollcraft
Update on the Latin Mass in England – Regina Blog
Convert Discusses Finding the Faith, Jen Fulwiler – E. Stimpson
A Model for A Cultural Center for the New Evangelization – Dv. Clayton
Writer Finds His Calling After Swinging for the Fences – John Moylan
The Generosity of Catholic Family Planning – Caitlin Marchand, Ct Ex
Incense in Art & Worship – Peter Kwasniewski PhD, New Ltrg Mvmn
In the Company of My Catholic Brothers – Randy Hain, Intgr Cth Life™
Talk on Sacred Music by Fr. Cassian Folsom, O.S.B. – New Ltrg Mvmn
The Apostle to Northern California: Blessed Junipero Serra – D. Rotty
The Analogy of Liturgy – Brother Innocent Smith OP, Cthlc Exchange

Sola Scriptura Secularism & Hobby Lobby – Francis J. Beckwith, TCT

(Mis)understanding the Hobby Lobby Ruling – Mary, Catholic Sistas
George Orwell at 111 – Aged Parent, The Eye-Witness
Abp. Coakley Asks City Civic Ctr to Cancel Black Mass – The Reg
Hobby Lobby Prevails in Supreme Court Case – Russell Shaw, OSV
Good News f/Sup. Ct. for Religious Nonprofits re/HHS Mandate – JFD
Court Deals Blow to HHS Mandate – Helen Alvare, OSV Newsweekly
After Hobby Lobby, Religious Freedom Struggle Continues – MJ Franck
Hobby Lobby & Principles of Cooperation – Ryan Mayer, Dead Phi Soc
Church, State & Human Trafficking – John Goerke, Public Discourse
The Cross & the Bible at Ground Zero – Fr. Peter John Cameron OP
When Hobby Lobby Won, We All Did – Jason S. Jones & John Zmirak

Monks of Valaam Monastery Shelter 116 Ukrainian Refugees – Pravmir

Metropolitan of Kiev and All Ukraine Vladimir Reposes in the Lord – Prvmr

The Remarkable Missionary Efforts of Archbishop Anastasios – Sounding

Connect College Students to Faith Before its too Late – MYOCN

Abandon Despair! – Father John Moses, Pravmir

Less Injustice or More Humility – Fr. A. Trader, Ancient Christian Wisdom

Enduring Hostility for Jesus’ Sake – Fr. Preble, Shepherd of Souls

Prologomena to Ecumenism – J. A. Broberg, Reeling but Erect

Westernization of Icons in the 17th Century – Icons & Their Interpretation

The Myth of Hitler Being a Christian – Pravoslavie

Numbers Up, Attendance Down – Again and Again

Vikings in Newfoundland: Canada’s 1st Orthodox Parish? – LFaM

Patriarchs Call on Regions Christians to Hold on to Their Lands – AINA

Serbian Orthodox Church Sends Letter of Protest to the Vatican – B92

Ukraine’s Orthodox Christians Expect Patriarch Kirill in July – ITAR-TASS

The Debate Over Maronite Christian Identity – AINA

Ukr Cath Church Welcomes Plan to Add Military Chaplaincy – NCReporter

Rowan Williams: Buddhism/Orthodox Mysticism Helps Me Pray – Telegraph

6 Encounters with St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco – Pravmir

Insights on ISIS from Prof. Elizabeth Prodromou – Come Receive the Light

Orthodoxy in the British Islands – MYOCN

Praying with Incense and the Wrath of God – Preachers Institute

St. John Maximovitch Benefit Shirts for Orphans – Death to the World

I Knew a Priest Who Could See the Dead – Fr. Dwight Longenecker

Did Jonah Really Get Eaten by a Whale? – Jeff McLeod, Catholic Stand
Skewing Supreme Court Judge Antonin Scalia – Gregory J. Sullivan
Captain Francis: The Pope & Sports – Fr. James V. Schall SJ, The CWR
Fulton Sheen & The Miracle of Baby James – Madeleine Teahan, The CH
Why Would God Allow Suffering Caused by Nature? – Fr. Robert Spitzer
Mom, Is It Possible to Love Someone Into Heaven? – Sta. Trasancos PhD
Eucharist as the Sacrament of Transformations (B16) – Fr. D. Ó. Haodha
Pope Francis Should Praise Capitalists, Not Spurn Them – S. M. MacLean
Legal Wins Matter, But Culture Matters More – R. R. Reno, First Things
Man Up – Jason Theobald, Ignitum Today
The Culture War’s Sore Winners – Ross Douthat, The New York Times
Vietnamese Immigration Bolsters Church in Western U.S. – James Graves
St Paul, Caravaggio & the Agonized Catholicism of Pier Paolo Pasolini – IT
The Courts & the Changing Culture War – Ross Douthat, N. Y. Times

What Hobby Lobby Means – Robert P. George, First Things

Bad Biology, Bad Policy in the Hobby Lobby Reactions – Phil Lawler, Ct Cl
On Polished Wedding Rings – Lauren Meyers, Ignitum Today
The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help for Priests – Fr. Edward L. Looney
Thomas Cahill’s Self-Serving History of Heretics & Heroes – Mic. B. Kelly
5 Thoughts on Hobby Lobby Win: A Victory for All Religions – B. Jones
Catholic Dioceses on Front Line of Migrant Humanitarian Crisis – PJ Smith
Religious Freedom: Don’t Focus Too Far Away  – Stacy Trasancos PhD
Abp. Coakley of Oklahoma Reacts to Planned Black Mass at Civic Ctr – Fr Z
On the First Confession of St. Peter – David L. Gray
U.S. Ambassador: Pope Draws Global Attention to Modern Slavery – Harris
Catholic Saint of the Day Is. . .(Click Here) – uCatholic
A Farewell to Arms & Gary Cooper’s Personal High Noon – K. V. Turley

“Religious Freedom is Founded on Truth” – Archbishop Demetrios, GOARCH

The New Cliche – Ric Ballard, Eastern Catholic Spiritual Renewal

Pope Francis: “Look at One Another With the Eyes of Faith” – CatholicCltr

“The Voice of Many Millions of Orthodox Believers Should be Heard” – DECR

All About Christ – Abbot Tryphon, The Morning Offering

New Life and Renewed Life – Phillip Rolfes, The Master Beadsman

The Holy 12 Apostles as Models For Our Lives – Mystagogy

4 Striking Oil Paintings by Orthodox Christian Artists – MYOCN