Big Pulpit

Thoughts on the Anglican Ordinariate – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Hail, Sol Invictus! – Michael Cook, Crisis Magazine

The Late Roman Empire was Not the Twilight of Popular Myth – Fr. Lucie-Smith, Cth Hrld

Spain’s New Saints – Domenico Agasso Jr, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

The Limits of Secularism – Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, Standpoint

Why We Need to Start Discriminating Again – Ed West, Daily Telegraph

Our Lady of Zeitoun on the Legalization of Abortion – Mark Shea, Patheos/CAEI!

Christmas, Pagan Romans, & Frodo Baggins – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Crisis Magazine

English Propers for the Mass for Christmas Day – Jeffrey A. Tucker, New Liturgical Mvmnt

‘I Can See God is Working Through This’ – Ed West, Catholic Herald

The Truth of Fairy Tales – Ink and Quill, Ignitum Today

8 Frequently Asked Questions for making a Daily Examen – Dc. Mike Bickerstaff, ICL™

Former Episcopal Bp. Jef. Steenson to be Named the 1st U.S. Ordinary – M.A. Mueller, VO

The God-Haunted Atheism of Christopher Hitchens – Francis J. Beckwith, The Cthlc Thng

Reverent Rebellion – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Smut Baron Buy-Up of Vatican.xxx Rumor Exploded – Kevin Murphy, The Register

HuffPo is Having a Spittle-Flecked Nutty about Card. George of Chicago – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

Thirty Years Ago: Reagan Christmas Address – Donald R. McClarey, The American Cthlc

Michael Voris not Catholic, What’s Wrong with this Picture – Jay Boyd PhD, Phlth on Phr

A Tale of Three Magazines – Dr. Robert Moynihan, Catholic Lane

Mexico, 1931: The Vatican and the “Just War” – Paolo Valvo, La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Of What Use is a Diocesan Website? – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hedgerow

The Church, Vocation, & Millennials: Losing a Generation – Dylan Pahman, Acton Institute

Why Hollywood Hasn’t Made Good Christmas Movies Lately – Mike Shaw, The Indpndnt

China’s One-Child Policy Becomes Presidential Campaign Issue – Lisa Correnti, TBAB

Abortion Industry Drooling over Latin America – Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, Life Site Nws

New U.S. Anglican Ordinariate Bishop: Fr. Jeffrey Steenson? – A Reluctant Sinner

Miraculous Story of Claude Newman, Conversion thru Mary – Mystics of the Church

The Scandal of the Babe-God – Tim Drake, National Catholic Register

How Population Control Endangers National Security – Tom McFeely, LifeSiteNews.com

We Remain Silent while Christians are being Persecuted? – Fraser Nelson, Telegraph

“Asia Bibi at Risk of becoming Mentally Ill” – La Stampa/Vatican Insider

Modesty and Mantillas – Kleine_Katerine, Five Feet Above Sea Level

Awkward Science Problems – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

The Dating of Christmas – Jake Tawney, Roma locuta est

B16: Europe Suffers from ‘Faith Fatigue” – Catholic Culture/Catholic World News

My Lewinsky Moment – Piero A. Tozzi JD, Turtle Bay and Beyond

“Faith Fatigue”: Is That America’s Problem, Too? – Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace

Christmas 1944: Battle of the Bulge – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Pedophilia: An Obscure Message of Hope – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

Reward For Those Who Wait For God – Vanessa Barnes, Gulf Coast Catholic

1 Month Out: Reactions to the Revised English Translation – Shawn Tribe, New Lit Mov

My Heart is a Manger – Barabara Curtis, Arlington Catholic Herald

Christmas, the Infinite, and the Finite – George Weigel, First Things/On the Square

Impressed by Catholic Logos Bible Software 4 – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Dec 25 Biblical Argument of Christ’s Birth – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Is the Papacy in Need of Structural Reform? – William J. Tighe, New Oxford Review

Call it Christ’s Mass & Let Best Buy Keep the Holiday – Russell E. Saltzman, First Things

Singing the Mass: Liturgical Music as Participation in Christ – Bp. Th. J. Olmsted, Cthlc Sun

Are There Parts of the Mass that Women Are Not Permitted to Sing? – J. Tucker, Chnt Cf

Radical Islamic Television Arrives in Spain – Soeren Kern, Hudson New York

Contemplating Christmas – Fr. Robert A. Sirico, Acton Institute/Acton Commentary

Humility Still Matters – Godwin Delali Adadzie, Ignitum Today

A Diagram of The Structure of the Mass – Joe, Two Catholic Men and a Blog

Persecution of Christians in Egypt – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

The Temptation of Lot’s Wife – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Jesus Had Laser Beams (Sharks Not Included) – Patrick Archbold, Creative Minority Rprt

Indian Food Tonight for Saint Thomas’ Feast Day – Dr. Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

UK Christians could Learn from Straight-Talking Americans – Francis Phillips, Cthlc Herald

Manure Makers, Yes; Catholics, No – Terence Jeffrey, Crisis Magazine

IPPF: Gay Men Happier and Healthier When Gay Marriage Legal – Lisa Correnti, TBAB

Vatican Didn’t Purchase the new Domain vatican.xxx – EChurch Blog

10 Things You Didn’t Know About A Charlie Brown Christmas – Danny Gallagher, The FW

The Accidental Universe: Science’s Crisis of Faith – Alan P. Lightman, Harper’s Magazine

Paradoxes of Christmas – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Pregnant and Poor at the Door of the Inn – Peter Baklinski, LifeSiteNews.com

Co-Mediatrix! What Gives? – Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic

Siblings Harmonize in Song – Eddie O’Neill, Daily Register

SSPX Response to ‘Doctrinal Preamble’ Surprises Vatican – Catholic Culture

Catholic Reacts to Blasphemous Poster, was This Right Thing to Do? – A Reluctant Sinner

Novel Sneak Preview: Stoop of Mastodon Meadow – Daniel McInerny, High Concepts

10 Differences Between Obama and Jesus – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

The Activism of the Ordinary – Nathaniel Gotcher, Ignitum Today

How To Make Abortion “Safe” Like Magic – Wendy Wright, Turtle Bay and Beyond

How to Respond to Young Atheistic Smugness – Mark Shea, National Catholic Register

St. Kateri Tekakwitha, First Native North American Saint – Tribunus, Roman Christendom

A Psalm for the Sibyl – Matthew Alderman, Dappled Things

Messianic Prophecies: Isaiah 11:1-5 – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

5 Male Celebrities I Support, and Why – Kristen Walker, LifeSiteNews.com

A Quick, Delicious, and Simple Christmas Gift – Kayla Peterson, Ignitum Today

Making Christmas Letters That Bit More Special – Mac McLernon, Mulier Fortis

The Death Of Pretty – Pat Archbold, National Catholic Register

Sola Scriptura v. Tradition, or: Learning Karate from a Book – Devin Rose, St. Jsph’s Vngrd

The Catholic Connection to Hanukkah – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Europe’s Crisis: Unification without a Unifying Spirit – Margriet Krijtenburg, MercatorNet

A Book for Our Age – Joseph Wood, The Catholic Thing

Hobbit Official Trailer – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

To Be Human, Be Catholic – Nathan Kennedy, Ignitum Today

Salvation Army USA Furious Over S.A. Internat’l Abortion Stance – Wendy Wright, TBAB

Latin Makes a Comeback – Charlotte Hays, Daily Register

Saving Western Civ with St. Peter Canisius – Omar F. A. Gutierrez, Regnum Novum

The Virgin Birth of Christ: What the Church Really Teaches – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, NTM

Songs of the Saved and the Bland – Anthony Esolen, Crisis Magazine

Daniel’s Literal 70 Weeks: From St. Zacharias till the Presentation – Taylor Marshall, CT

The Social Muddle at Sojourners – Jonathan Witt, Acton Institute/PowerBlog

Health, Trips, Synod on Pope Benedict’s Busy 2012 Agenda – Matthew Bunson, OSV

Newt Gingrich: America’s Next Catholic President? – Michael Brendan Dougherty, Cthlc Hrld

Lame Lies about Women & the Catholic Response that I Find Compelling – Nikki, Rmn Rd

Yes, Virginia, there is a Traditional Latin Mass! – Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

Terrorists are Criminals, Not Soldiers – Anthony S. Layne, Outside The Asylum

How To Win an Argument With a Catholic – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

British Prime Minister: “We are a Christian Country” – David Cameron, MercatorNet

What Entrepreneurs Should Learn from Blessed John Paul II – Phil Lawler, Cthlc Culture

The Fullness of Time – Patrick Vandapool

Even Choosing a Holy Land Wine is Political – Jill Duchess of Hamilton, Catholic Herald

My Favorite 15 Books of 2011 – Brandon Vogt, The Thin Veil

Every Artist Should Buy this Book: Techniques of Icon & Wall Painting – Dav. Clayton, NLM

Give Liturgy of the Hours a Try in 2012 – Daria Sockey, OSV Newsweekly

Fake or Not, the Turin Shroud is an Article of Faith – Peter Mullen, Daily Telegraph

Arab Spring Sending Shudders Through Christians in the Middle East – Kh. A. Toameh, HNY

The Wussification of American Men – Susan Yoshihara PhD, Turtle Bay and Beyond

The Coming Latino Catholic Majority – Jeff Ziegler, Catholic World Report

And the Winner is. . . Islam – Patrick J. Buchanan, Crisis Magazine

The Normalization of Abortion – Marc John Paul, Live Action