Big Pulpit

Revealing Overlooked Roman Missal Changes – Barry Hudock, OSV Newsweekly

Newt Gingrich on His Catholic Faith & the Eucharist (video) – Tito Edwards, The Am Cthlc

Newt Hates Him Some Fertilized Eggs – Matthew Archbold, Creative Minority Report

How To Pray With Your Spouse: Four Simple Steps – Christopher J. Stravitsch, T&CF

The Assent Owed to Vatican II – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

Simple English Propers, 2nd Sunday of Advent – Jeffrey A. Tucker, New Ltrgcl Mvmnt

“Advent is a Time for being deeply Shaken. . . “ – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

J.R.R. Tolkien on Conversion – Fishing in the Tiber

Vatican: Treatment for AIDS Victims & Moral Sex Ed Needed – EWTN News

Beyond the Sound and Fury of the Culture Wars – Stratford Caldecott, Catholic Herald

U.S. cATHOLIC magazine Chides Bishop of Covington, Fr. Z Fisks – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

“A Man for All Seasons” & the Call to Fanaticism – Joseph Susanka, Patheos/TALD

Best Advent Hymn – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Washington

Gianna Center’s Pro-Life Medicine Seeks to Expand Beyond New York – Brian Caulfield, DR

M.P. takes on Government over Same-Sex Regulations – Madeleine Teahan, Catholic Herald

Pope Uses iPad to Light Up World’s Largest Christmas Tree – Matthew Warner, NCRegister

Binary Cissexists Unite! – Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing

Church of Scotland joins Catholic Church in Opposing Same-Sex Marriage – The Courier

Senate Approves Bill to Legalize Sodomy & Bestiality in U.S. Military – Pt. Winn, CNSNews

Toronto Schools Will Not Allow Exemptions from Pro-Homosexual Classes – P. Craine, LSN

Solitude and Political Friendship – Anthony Esolen, Public Discourse

What We Know & Don’t Know About Homosexual Inclination & Mental Illness – Cthlc Bndt

A Bitter Pill, Indeed – Misty, Catholic Sistas

Catholic University’s Same-Sex Dorms Foster Friendship, Respect – John Garvey, WaPo

Attacks to Religious Freedom & the Real Purpose of the 1st Amendment – Msgr. Ch. Pope

How many more Lives will be Sacrificed to Western Sexual Ideology? – C. Moynihan, MN

On Becoming Small & Losing it for the Nuns – Fr. Christensen, White Around the Collar

U.K.’s Top Catholic Bishop Endorses Gay Civil Unions – Matthew Cullinan Hoffman, LSN

Haven’t Got Time for Mass Translation Pain at the Altar – Kathryn Jean Lopez, Hdln Bstr

Famous Detroit Assumption Grotto to be Closed – Diane M. Korzeniewski OCDS, TDL!

Theologians, Apologists. What the New Bishops Have To Be – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

St. Jude and the “Brothers” of Jesus – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Free Will & Should I Give Up Alcohol Forever? – Francis Phillips, Catholic Herald

Secularist Ireland – George Neumayr, Catholic World Report

Will Mel Gibson Baptize Chanukhah? – Peter Freeman, Crisis Magazine

Is ILGA-Europe an “Unofficial” EU Agency? – JC von Krempach JD, Turtle Bay and Beyond

Why Liberal Liturgists Dislike the New Translation – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

Why Aren’t More Conservative Catholics Supporting Rick Santorum? – Paul Zummo, TAC

Judge Takes Swipe at Alarmist Views of Gay “Marriage” Opponents – Peter Baklinski, LSN

The Miracle of A Charlie Brown Christmas – Barbara Curtis, Mommy Life

Humans Matter; or, Why Holiday Specials are No Fun – Tony Layne, Outside the Asylum

Father’s Presence Cuts Delinquency Rates – Elissa Doherty, Melbourne Herald-Sun

Does Psalm 69:8 Proves that Mary Had Other Children? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shmlss Ppry

An Exhortation to the Clergy – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

The Most Controversial Decision: Challenging Pro-Life Witness – Chris. O. Tollefsen, PD

On Joe Carter on Distributism – Donald P. Goldman III, The Distributist Review

Dignitatis Humanae Inst.: Promotes Natural Law in Europe – Edward Pentin, CWR

The Catholic Church and World AIDS Day – Christopher White, First Things/On the Square

Surrender and Strength – Randy Hain, Integrated Catholic Life™

Messianic Prophecies: Psalm 21 – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Secret, Closed-Door Vatican Smackdown? – Jimmy Akin, National Catholic Register

L’Osservatore Romano: Acceptance of Vatican II for Liberals & SSPXers – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

During Advent, the Domestic Church Is the School of Love – Omar Gutierrez, Daily Register

Homo qui erranti: a Poem by Quintus Ennius (239-169 BC) – Robert Lennon, Pilgrim

Review: iPhone “Advent App” from Magnificat – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Apple’s Siri App Does not Do Abortion Referrals? – Stefano Gennarini JD, Trtl By & Bynd

Going Home – Michael Baruzzini, Pilgrim

Bogus Claim by Irish Times that “Over Half of Doctors Support Abortion” – Yth Dfnc

Anti-Catholic Bigotry I have ever Seen in the Legal Profession – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Party of Death – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Catholic Girls Get All The Good Topics – Pat Archbold, National Catholic Register

Hypostatic Union – Andy Smith, Pilgrim

Pentecostalists at Babel – John Zmirak, Crisis Magazine

Dorothy Day in Her Own Words (video) – Mary DeTurris, OSV Daily Take

Should We Seek Economic Equality? – Mark Brumley, Daily Register

The Twin Baby ‘Mistakenly’ Aborted in Australia – Youth Defence/Life House

Are We Sleepwalking Through the Great Infanticide? – Lea Singh, MercatorNet

Gay “Marriage” is about Legal Justification for Suppression of Christians – Mark Shea

Ron Paul: Personally Opposed to Same-Sex “Marriage,” but. . .  – Ben Johnson, LSN

Rick Santorum: A Great Witness for the Culture of Life – Kathryn Jean Lopez, NRO

Our Lady of Egypt – Emmett O’Regan, Unveiling the Apocalypse

Exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth:  Yoga is Not for Catholics – Nick Squires, Daily Telegraph

Looking for a great Christmas CD? – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

Bp. Alexander Sample on the Need for a Renewal of Orthodoxy – Jim Graves, Cth Wrld Rep

The Seven Worst Christmas Specials. . .Evah! – Matthew Archbold, National Cthlc Register

A Friend of the World is an Enemy to God – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archd. of Washington

Texas Showdown Headed for High Court? – Gail Besse, Daily Register

Bp. Foys Issues Liturgical Decrees: No Joy for “Hand Holders” – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

The Troubling Rise of ‘Msgr. CB’ – Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture

What is is Abp. Nichols Doing? – William Oddie, Catholic Herald

Fisking HuffPo Nonsense on the New Translation – Dylan Parry, A Reluctant Sinner

Thoughts on the Raphoe Report – Shane, Lux Occulta

3 Times More Likely to Have Breast Cancer if You Abort – Stefano Gennarini JD, TBAB

How “No Nukes” Must a Catholic Be? – F.A. Omar Gutierrez, Regnum Novum

Pro-Life Nurse Horror Told, “You Just Have to Catch the Baby’s Head” – Th. Peters, LSN

Eight Super-Simple Ways to Celebrate Advent – Jennifer Fulwiler, National Cthlc Register

Religious Liberty is The Pre-Eminent Social Justice Issue of Our Time – J. Desmond, DR

Card. Burke: We’re Well on the Way to Christian Persecution in US – J.H. Westen, LSN

Struggle for Holiness: My Year with St. Therese of Lisieux – Heather King, Dappled Things

Fundamental Freedoms of Free Speech Compromised at UN – Piero A. Tozzi JD, TBAB

A Call to Writers, Artists. . .and Bloggers – Bronwen McShea, Pilgrim

Msgr. Dempsey Cleared? – Kate Edwards, Australia Incognita

St. Joseph is Waiting, Too – Jay Boyd PhD, Philothea on Phire

CUA Single-Sex Dorms Ruled Not Discriminatory – Cardinal Newman Society (fixed)

Abortion & Breast Cancer; The Risk Trebles Says New Study – Youth Defence/Life House

Pope Benedict: End the Death Penalty – EWTN News

The SSPX is Playing with Fire – Anthony S. Layne, The Impractical Catholic

‘Catholicism’ Series in Translation – Joseph Pronechen, National Catholic Register

The Ku Klux Klan and American Anti-Catholicism – George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

Who was the First Disciple of Jesus? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

Cloistered Nun & Former Actress to Tell Story of Hollywood & Faith – Kevin J. Jones, CNA

Books for Christmas – George Weigel, Crisis Magazine

Forgotten Holocausts of Catholics – D.A. Davis, New Oxford Review

Adult Stem-Cell Therapies Are the Future, Scientist Says – Edward Pentin, Daily Register

The War on Religious Liberty, “Catholics” Leading Diabolical Attack – Tom Crowe, CV

Prophecies Fulfilled – Fr. John Bartunek, Catholic Spiritual Direction

What would Jesus Occupy? – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Catholic Seminary Enrollment Up – Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service

Abp. Nichols Praises “Civil Partnerships” for “People of the Same Sex” – Rorate Cæli

Is Sola Scriptura Taught in the Bible? – Dc. Mike Bickerstaff, Integrated Catholic Life™

A Cinematic Tour of the Problem of Free Will – By Way of Beauty

The Problem with “Easy Believism” – Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic

Question on Babies for Atheists who Deny “Natural Law” – Stacy Trasancos PhD, Acc Abn

The Moral Obligation of Reality, II – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/In Depth Analysis

Religious Authority vs. Primacy of Conscience (Part II) – Tony Layne, Outside the Asylum

Responding to Negative Reviews of the New Translation – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

New Translation Critics: It’s Not About You – Paul Zummo, The American Catholic

The Next Step for Reformers – Jeffrey A. Tucker, New Liturgical Movement

U.S. Catholic Publishing Shrinks Further – Tim Drake, National Catholic Register

Planned Parenthood’s 1969 Jaffe Memo: Frightful Mission – Taylor Marshall, Cntrbry Tls

Abortion According to Zip Codes: Startling Discovery in New York – Fr. Jn. Leies SM, HLIA

Defending Religious Liberty and the Good – The Editors, National Catholic Register

Daniel in the Lions’ Den: Attacking Religious Liberty – Thomas Peters, Cthlc Vote/AmP

McGill Univ. Editors Quit in Protest to Traditional Marriage Article – Michael Cook, MrcNt

IVF, Suffering, and God’s Will – Brendan Dudley, HLI America

Mother Teresa’s Work with the Poor: “She did it for Jesus” – Msgr. Leo Maasburg, Ig In Sc

The Costs of Taking Conscience – Michael Fragoso, Public Discourse

Some advice from Lech Walesa for Occupy Wall Street – The Motley Monk, The Am Cthlc

SSPX Asks Rome for Modifications to Doctrinal Preamble – Andrea Tornielli, La Stampa

SSPX Interview: Doctrinal Preamble “Can Be Clarified & Modified“ – Rorate Cæli

Abp. Dolan: Building a Culture of Vocations – Matthew E. Bunson, Our Sunday Visitor

Sebelius Called on to Quit Over Planned Parenthood Scandal – Steven Ertelt, Life News

Kathleen Sebelius’ Gruesome Moral Calculus – Steven Wagner, Daily Register