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Qatar discovers cash can wash away blood

Terror against Israel can be funded if, at the same time, sufficient cash is paid to keep Israel’s allies quiet

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Christopher McMullanOctober 4, 2025National Post, Politics
A happy Canadian coincidence for All Saints Day

The Toronto Oratory — a national jewel of Catholic piety — will mark its 50th anniversary on the same day a rare honour is bestowed upon St. John Henry Newman

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Christopher McMullanOctober 3, 2025National Post, Faith
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission's statist legacy

It shifted the conversation from Indigenous self-government to increased dependency on the Canadian state

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 28, 2025National Post, Politics
Rich Young Saints for Our Time

Many say faith is not for the young. John Paul argued the opposite: Youthful questions encourage one to seek Christ, just like Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 28, 2025The Catholic Thing, Faith
What Is a Martyr? And Is Charlie Kirk One?

Charlie Kirk’s Sept. 10 assassination has revived the debate over martyrdom.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 24, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
The chilling truth about young killers

Shocking U.K. series 'Adolescence' will make you want to seize your child's computer

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 21, 2025National Post, Culture
Ken Dryden transcended the game of hockey

He was too big for hockey alone, big enough to be the best of Canada

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 16, 2025National Post, Culture
Political violence in America is cause to weep

There have been far too many assassinations, Charlie Kirk's being the latest

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 14, 2025National Post, Politics
‘Verso L’Alto’: St. Pier Giorgio Frassati’s Motto Is Christ’s Invitation to You

It’s more than fitting that the octave day of St. Pier Giorgio Frassati’s canonization falls on the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 13, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Charlotte, Minneapolis, Charlie Kirk Killing: Cross of Christ Conquers Icons of Evil

As proper icons elevate, perverse icons degrade — and horrific recent crimes have imprinted images that make present the reality of evil. But evil will not have the last word.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 12, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Saints for the Internet Age

Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis can serve as inspirations to today’s young men.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 12, 2025The Wall Street Journal, Faith
Pope Calls Youth to Follow ‘Great Adventure’ of Saints Carlo and Pier Giorgio

In raising Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati to the altars, the Holy Father reversed a decade of smaller canonizations and proposed a bold vision for youth.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 8, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Jubilee Saints

Frassati and Acutis, young men of accessible and attractive holiness, are the headline saints of 2025, but the entire jubilee cohort looks to hold up well for generations hence, as did the jubilee saints of a century ago.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 8, 2025The Catholic Thing, Faith
China pokes Trump in the eye

Beijing fetes Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un at massive military parade while the U.S. president is not invited

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 7, 2025National Post, Politics
Jubilee Saints Carlo and Pier Giorgio Show a Holiness We Can Imitate

Devotion to Pier Giorgio and Carlo may not exceed that of 1925’s Jubilee Saints Thérèse of Lisieux and Jean-Marie Vianney, but many will be able to imitate their particular holiness.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 5, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
From Syria to Ukraine: The Shadow of 2013 on Papal Peace Initiatives

The unintended results of a 2013 appeal weigh heavily on today’s papal calls for prayer and fasting.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 5, 2025National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
What Trump can learn from The Boss

If Trump listened to more Springsteen he would realize just how long the nostalgic world he pretends to protect has been gone for

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Christopher McMullanAugust 31, 2025National Post, Culture
Newman and the Joy of the Dance

The Trinity dances, which is harmony and intimacy, round and round in glorious celebration and expressive joy. Why shouldn’t all creation exist for a moment of dance?

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Christopher McMullanAugust 30, 2025The Catholic Thing, Faith
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