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Time is running short for peace in the Mideast

Israel effectively declares war on Iran as Netanyahu, who is unlikely to win the next election, prepares to go out with a bang

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Christopher McMullanJune 13, 2025National Post, Politics
When It Comes to Comparisons With Father Rupnik, Think Cosby, not Caravaggio

Three aspects to consider: the process, the personage and the penalty.

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Christopher McMullanJune 12, 2025National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Lessons for Trump from Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen

The singers have been lamenting factory closures and hard times for decades. These working-class woes will not be solved by steel tariffs

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Christopher McMullanJune 11, 2025National Post, Politics
Why the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church Fits Perfectly With 60 Years of Liturgical Reform

Today’s feast is directly linked to the jubilee years of 1975 and 2000, making its observance this jubilee year a particular occasion for gratitude

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Christopher McMullanJune 9, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Pope Leo Honors Secret Cardinal Who Risked All to Save Jews During the Holocaust

Blessed Iuliu Hossu was characterized by Pope Leo XIV as a 'a man of faith who knows that the gates of evil will not prevail against God’s work...'

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Christopher McMullanJune 9, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
This Trump-Musk cage match could be seen coming

The World’s Richest Man™ and The World’s Most Powerful Man™ made a fearsome tag team while they lasted

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Christopher McMullanJune 7, 2025National Post, Politics
The ‘Norm Effect’: Why George Wendt’s ‘Cheers’ Character Still Resonates in a Lonely World

There are millions of people out there like the lovable character portrayed on TV by George Wendt, looking for places where at least some people know your name.

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Christopher McMullanJune 7, 2025National Catholic Register, Culture
Conclave Haste?

Conclave 2025 was not, by historical standards, exceptionally short. But it was short. It was the third straight Conclave to conclude on its first full day. Is that a cause for concern?

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Christopher McMullanJune 3, 2025The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
King Charles' throne speech was a constitutional triumph

Not a few had tears in their eyes as they heard the King of Canada declare: 'The True North is indeed strong and free!'

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Christopher McMullanJune 1, 2025National Post, Politics
Sts. John Vianney, John Eudes and the Priestly Profile to the Visitation

The canonization centennial of two influential French priests illustrates new light from the marvelous feast of the Visitation.

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Christopher McMullanJune 1, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
The King is here to do the most kingly thing of all

Let this be a new tradition where the King opens Parliament after every election

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Christopher McMullanMay 28, 2025National Post, Politics
Companions ensure evil will not prevail

Robert Poulin was a desperately lonely teenager who sought friends, or perhaps just companions, in the wrong places, desperately wrong places

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Christopher McMullanMay 25, 2025National Post, Faith
Trump prioritizes commerce over shared values in foreign policy gamble

It is the great Trump gamble, that leading with commerce will achieve what shared cultural values backed by military alliances cannot

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Christopher McMullanMay 22, 2025National Post, Politics
Parliament needs to shed its 'Rat Pack' rowdiness

What started as innocent fun has deteriorated into appalling conduct

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Christopher McMullanMay 18, 2025National Post, Politics
All Eyes on Sunday: Leo XIV’s First Words May Cast His Image on Church’s Future

Papal initiation homilies have long served as moments of clarity, not only inaugurating a pontificate but auguring its direction.

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Christopher McMullanMay 17, 2025National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
The Two Leos

The new Holy Father made particular reference to Leo XIII reigning in a time of economic and social change; Leo XIV intuits that something similar is afoot.

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Christopher McMullanMay 15, 2025First Things, Church Affairs
Pope Leo XIV’s Connection to the Pauline Chapel

It’s worth noting that the Pauline Chapel, one of three in the Apostolic Palace, is pictured in the Holy Father’s official portrait. The personal chapel of the Holy Father is the official place for the pope’s prayers and Masses.

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Christopher McMullanMay 14, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Trump family set to cash in on president's Mideast politicking

Even some of the most devout MAGA souls are blanching at the brazenness of the wheeling and dealing

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Christopher McMullanMay 14, 2025National Post, Politics
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