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A Good Friday Death: Vittorio Messori, RIP

Vittorio Messori, an influential Catholic journalist, fundamentally transformed modern papal communication.

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Christopher McMullanMay 31, 2026The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
Carney casts off Trudeau's climate policies? I told you so!

I noted in a column two years ago that although both support cutting emissions, Carney favours climate prosperity; Trudeau, climate penance.

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Christopher McMullanMay 31, 2026National Post, Politics
Wyszyński, Paul VI and the Polish Millennium

The consecutive feast days of Blessed Stefan Wyszyński and Pope St. Paul VI recall their pivotal roles in Poland’s millennium celebration and a turning point in modern Catholic history.

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Christopher McMullanMay 30, 2026National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
‘Magnifica Humanitas’: Pope Leo Makes His Case for Authentic Humanism

In his first encyclical, the Holy Father has concluded that the widespread understanding of the human person in a technological culture has become so eroded that some philosophical repair work is needed first.

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Christopher McMullanMay 27, 2026National Catholic Register, Faith
Bruce Springsteen's lifetime of cultural protest

The Boss's latest tour follows a career of standing up to communists, mayors, police officers and presidents

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Christopher McMullanMay 27, 2026National Post, Culture
Nine reasons the suspension of the Snowbirds is distressing

The daring aerobatic team delighted Canadians, made them proud, augmented their patriotism. They must keep flying.

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Christopher McMullanMay 24, 2026National Post, Politics
Conrad Black's history of the world is magnificent

Reading the latest volume is pure joy

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Christopher McMullanMay 17, 2026National Post, Culture
Pope Leo’s Welcome Act of Remembrance and Tribute — and Reconciliation

John Paul explicitly attributed his survival of the shooting to the intercession of Our Lady of Fatima.

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Christopher McMullanMay 15, 2026National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Lessons for Trump from the Rideau Canal

It's hard to secure a waterway from only one side. Hence the Rideau Canal's construction in 1826-1832

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Christopher McMullanMay 10, 2026National Post, Politics
How Popes Speak — and What Politicians Hear

Any preaching, especially papal preaching, can be universal in language but personal in effect — an examination of conscience conducted by the listener.

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Christopher McMullanMay 9, 2026National Catholic Register, Chu
His Serene Holiness

Leo’s serenity was a welcome contrast in recent weeks to the dyspeptic eruptions of the disrupter in chief.

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Christopher McMullanMay 8, 2026First Things, Church Affairs
David Attenborough, the voice of nature, turns 100

BBC's famed naturalist celebrates his centennial by narrating a new documentary about his work

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Christopher McMullanMay 8, 2026National Post, Culture
Charles cheerfully dispatches Team Trump

The best moments of the King's speeches were likely lost on their targets, but not on the watching world

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Christopher McMullanMay 3, 2026National Post, Politics
Pope Leo XIV Highlights Legacy of Fraternity With the Muslim World

Reflecting on Pope Francis’ legacy, Pope Leo XIV points to ‘universal fraternity’ and ‘genuine respect for all men and women’ in relations with the Muslim world.

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Christopher McMullanMay 3, 2026National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
A royal tribute to our lovely late Queen

Celebrating the centennial of the birth of Queen Elizabeth II

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Christopher McMullanApril 25, 2026National Post, Politics
Oration's depressing slide from Lincoln to Trump

And remembering one of Canada's greatest orators, the late Stephen Lewis

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Christopher McMullanApril 19, 2026National Post, Politics
Trump, Pope Leo and the Catholic Divide

President Trump’s attack on Pope Leo XIV has brought a simmering tension into the open.

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Christopher McMullanApril 19, 2026National Catholic Register, Politics, Church Affairs
POTUS versus the pontiff

'I am not a fan of Pope Leo,' Trump said. No doubt the feeling is mutual

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Christopher McMullanApril 16, 2026National Post, Politics, Church Affairs
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