Big Pulpit

U.S. Our Lady of Fatima Shrine: Lighted Religious Displays – Chris. A. Smyczynski, NCReg

The Protestantization of the Church – Howard Kainz, The Catholic Thing

Richard Dawkins: Greatest Evil in World is Catholic Church – Brandon Vogt, Thin Veil

The Real Meeting Between St. Pio & Archbishop Lefebvre – Tancred, Eponymous Flower

General Washington and the Lord of Hosts – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Susan Sarandons Childs Marriage Officiated by Sr. Helen Prejean – Vincenzo, Sancte Pater

Death of (Legitimate) Debate: Perth’s Diocesan Newspaper The Record? – K. Edwards, AI

When Paul VI meets Sci-Fi: Latin Investigation – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Good Priests are Ignoring the Requests of the Pope – Richard Collins, Linen on the Hdgrw

Thoughts on the New Confiteor – Fr. Paul Wharton, Hearts on Fire

20 Children Is Not “Too Many” – Colleen, Catholic Sistas

Relinquished (art) – Naomi Arielle, Dappled Things

Feast of Christ the King (OF): Separating the Sheep from the Goats – Kate Edwards, Oz In

Christ the King & Last Judgment – Marcellino D’Ambrosio PhD, Catholic Lane

Servant of God Dorothy Day: “The Duty of Delight” – Review – Brandon Vogt, Thin Veil

Halfway between Heaven & Hell: The Life of a Celtic Hermit – Richard Collins, Linen otH

A Funeral of Sorts: The Last of the Old Translation – Jake Tawney, The American Cthlc

Since He Clings to Me in Love, I Will Free Him – Nathaniel Gotcher, VirtuousPla.net

The “Hail Mary” of a Protestant is Powerful: A True Story – Defenders of the Cthlc Faith

Christ the Kings Transfer from October to Sunday before Advent – Taylor Marshall, Cnt Tls

Who Will Judge & Who Will Be Judged on the Last Day? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, Nw Th Mv

One of the Strangest Kings You’ve Ever Met – Msgr. Charles Pope, Archdiocese of Wshngtn

New Translations: “For All or Many” & “The Supper of the Lamb” – Dr. Edward Sri, ICL™

(Sports) Defender of the Faith – Trent Beattie, Daily Register

Our Lady of Fatima and the Holy Icon of Kazan – Taylor Marshall, Canterbury Tales

Book Review: Dr. Ray Guarendi’s Marriage: Small Steps, Big Rewards – Brian Caulfield, DR

Learning to be Catholic – Bonnie Engstrom, VirtuousPla.net

Diocese of Orange Wins Bidding War for Crystal Cathedral – CNA/EWTN News

A Catholic Response to Sola Fide – Bryan J.P. Gesinger, New Oxford Review

Chants for Christ the King – Jeffrey A. Tucker, The Chant Café

My Year with St. Therese of Lisieux – Heather King, Dappled Things

Crusader’s Arabic Inscription No Longer Lost in Translation – Jeanna Bryner, Live Science

The Risk of Creation – Philip Primeau, Catholic Lane

Quæritur: When During Mass Should People Strike their Breasts? – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

Society of Catholic Artists – David Clayton, New Liturgical Movement

WaPo’s Michael Gerson is Wrong – Carl Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Pakistan: Christians Suffer Discrimination in Prisons – Catholic Lane

Catholic Cartoonist Keane Kept Family Front & Center in Comic Strip – OSV Newsweekly

Illinois Bishops to Meet with Gov. Pat Quinn in One Month – Thomas Peters, Cth Vt/AmP

Real Choice Requires the Whole Truth – Denise Hunnell MD, HLI America

How the Translation Mess was Created and Fixed – Fr. Timothy Finigan, Faith

Blithely Down the Slippery Slope – Barbara Kay, MercatorNet

Is Protestantism a Theory? – Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic

In Philly, A Model School Kindles Hope – Kevin E. Schmiesing, Acton Inst/Acton Com

The Holy See and the Holodomor – Elizabeth Lev, Zenit

How Long Was Christ in the Tomb? (St. Augustine’s Answer) – Taylor Marshall, Cntrbry Tls

Abp. Vincent Nichols ‘Very Disappointed’ with Gay “Marriage” Move – M. Beckford, Tlgrph

B16: Science Must Never Compromise Human Dignity – Chelsea Zimmerman, Cthlc Lane

Dialogue with the Known Unknown – Colin Gormley, VirtuousPla.net

Manipulating Fertility, and Life – Rebecca Oas PhD, HLI America

Book Review: The Catholic Briefcase – Kevin Lowry, Grateful Convert Blog

New Movement Says Founder was an Abuser – John Thavis, Catholic Herald

The Basilica of San Frediano in Lucca – Gregory DiPippo, New Liturgical Movement

Some Questions from a Person Pondering Conversion – Mark Shea, National Cthlc Register

On Blessings and Holy Water – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Theology, Sanity, and the Trinity – Carl E. Olson, Ignatius Insight Scoop

Judge: Prop. 8 Supporters Can Defend Law in Court – EWTN News

The Vatican Hits Back Against Benetton’s Insult to the Pope – William Oddie, Cthlc Herald

Boycott the Company Profiting from Mocking the Pope [Updated] – Th. Peters, CV/AmP

There Should be Market Consequences for Benetton: Make It Happen – Fr. Z, WDTPRS?

Benetton Can’t Pull the Wool Over Our Eyes – Cristine Odone, Daily Telegraph

Is New York Seminary Merger the Way of the Future? – Brian Fraga, OSV Newsweekly

Gerson Blows Whistle on Obama’s Anti-Catholic Policy – Greg Schlueter, Catholic Lane

Book Review: “The Catholic Briefcase” by Randy Hain – Stacy Trasancos, Accptng Abndnc

Card. DiNardo Praises Project Rachel‘s Post-Abortion Healing Work – M. Bauman, CNA

Card. Schönborn’s Shenanigans: The Medjugorje Sideshow – D. Korzeniewski OCDS, TDL!

Live from Orange: Bishop Tod’s “Hour of Power” – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

Knock-Knock, Who’s There? Jehovah’s Witness, Jehovah’s Witness, Who? – Martina, CS

Barnett on Sirico & Rediscovering Political Economy – Kevin Schmiesing, Acton Inst/PwrBlg

Catholic Women Need Thick Skins Online – Caroline Farrow, Catholic Herald

Thinking Critically About Mary – Philip Primeau, Catholic Lane

Distributism’s Fixed, False Beliefs – John Couretas, Acton Institute/PowerBlog

How an Internet Fast Can Change Your Life – Jennifer Fulwiler, National Catholic Register

Grace & Technology: The U.S. Bishop Uber-Tweeter – Kathy Schiffer, Seasons of Grace

Christians in the Middle East – Joseph Bottum, Hudson New York

Movies Sound Cooler In Latin – LarryD, Acts of the Apostasy

Africa Reminds Us that We should Pray Facing the East, Ad Orientem – Dylan Parry, ARS

The Pornography Pandemic: Catholics Falling Down – Patrick A. Trueman, Knights of Clmbs

In the Matter of Bishop Robert Finn – Austin Ruse, The Catholic Thing

Bp. Finn Agreement Seems to Indicate Prosecution’s Weak Case – Kevin J. Jones, CNA

Fr. Zuhlsdorf Fisks the Kansas City Stat’s Article on Bp. Finn Deal – Fr. Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

Medical Expert Finds Growing Secular Support for Catholic Teachings – David Kerr, CNA

Cowboys, Poetry and Life Lessons – Rachel Howell, VirtuousPla.net

Is the Enneagram Something that I should be Involved With? – Dan Burke, Cthlc Sprtl Drctn

Grace and Rationalization: Closely Linked – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture/On the Culture

The Bishop who Charmed Kings and Ate with Lepers – Catholic Herald

New Mass Translations: I Believe, Consubstantial & Incarnate – Dr. Edward Sri, ICL™

Atheists Plan Billboard Campaign this Christmas Season – Catholic Online

At Long Last, Dutch Doctors Draw a Line in the Sand – Michael Cook, MercatorNet

Child Sexual Abuse and the U.S. Supreme Court – Carson Holloway, Public Discourse

Purgatory in Scripture: New Developments – Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture

Where Have All the Catholics Gone? – Susan Claire Potts, The Remnant Online

Same Sex Adoption is Not a Game – Rick Fitzgibbons, MercatorNet

The next Bishop of Wrexham Should be a native Welsh Speaker – Dylan Parry, ARS

Bp. Vann Given Key Role in Forming Former Episcopal Priests – Michelle Bauman, CNA

400 Years of the King James Bible – Adam Nicolson, National Geographic

Are the Infancy Narratives Historically Reliable? – Joe Heschmeyer, Shameless Popery

Argument by Quotation – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

The BBC would Change if We had Veronica’s Courage – Milo Yiannopoulos, Catholic Herald

The Devil Never Wore Diapers – John Zmirak, Crisis Magazine

Traveling with Purpose – Elizabeth Hillgrove, VirtuousPla.net

To Leave the Shackles of Human History Behind – Frank Weathers, Why I Am Catholic

Sophia Institute Press Acquires Catholic Exchange – Catholic News Agency

Venite Adoremus: Fitting Music for the New Translation of the Mass – Dan Burke, NCRgstr

The State of Catholic Youth Today – Thomas L. McDonald, Daily Register

The Difference between Spiritual & Sacramental Communion – Taylor Marshall, Cntrbry Tls

Sandro Magister on Clerical Celibacy & Continence – Dr. Ed Peters, In the Light of the Law

Le Chiese delle Cittá: Santa Maria Sopra Minerva – Nathaniel Gotcher, VirtuousPla.net

Bankrolling Beauty – Sarah Phelps Smith, Crisis Magazine

Abp. Aymond Clarifies New Missal’s Use Outside of Mass – Mich. Bauman, EWTN Nws

Cthlc Apostolate under Fire over Girl Scouts’ Pro-Abortion Ties – Mary Hasson, Cth Wom

Edmund Burke and Political Reform – Donald R. McClarey, The American Catholic

Good Men Doing Nothing – Anthony S. Layne, Outside the Asylum

The Consequences of the “I Don’t Want to Offend” Mindset – Randy Hain, Intgrtd Cth Lf™

My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Left The Gun & Taken The Canoli? – Pat Archbold, NCRg

Defining Feature of Church Teachings on Marriage Due to Gay “Marriage” – W. Oddie, CH

Another Sin We Don’t Want to Hear About – Dale Ahlquist, Crisis Magazine

The New Roman Missal is a “Net Plus” – The Motley Monk, The American Catholic

Dodging a Second Bullet (and a Snippy Response from SNAP) – Anthony S. Layne, TIC

Atheists, Agnostics, and the Search for Meaning – Steven Lawson, VirtuousPla.net

Yep. – Marc Barnes, Patheos/Bad Catholic

Arise, Africa! A Guide to the Pope’s Voyage to Benin – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

Thank You, God, for All I Never Had – Barbara Curtis, Arlington Catholic Herald

Quæritur: Extraordinary Communion Minister at a TLM if the Priest is Infirm? – Fr. Z

A Eulogy for “Selective Death” – Terry Scambray, New Oxford Review

The End of Italy – David Gilmour, Foreign Policy

St. Christina the Astonishing & the Impending Holidays – Stacy Trasancos, Catholic Sistas

Catholics and “Usury”: A Tragic History – Jeffrey Tucker, Crisis Magazine

As Erosion of Religious Liberty Continues, Bishops Speak Out – Msgr. Charles Pope, AOW

Unions and the Catholic Way – George J. Marlin, The Catholic Thing

Can the Poor Souls Pray for Us? – Fr. Ryan Erlenbush, New Theological Movement

In the New Year, a New Ordinariate – Rocco Palmo, Whispers in the Loggia

The Anglicans are Coming – Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Standing on my Head

Married & Ordained, The Minor Leagues of the Catholic Clergy – Sandro Magister, Chiesa

B16: Everyone Should Pray the Psalms, Liturgy of the Hours – Fr. John Zuhlsdorf, WDTPRS?

An International Theology of the Body Symposium – Julie Rodrigues, VirtuousPla.net

On Fatima & the Private Interpretation of Private Revelations – Howard P. Kainz, NOR

Three Reasons Why Jesus Would Be Rejected – Brent Stubbs, Almost Not Catholic