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Benedict’s Maestro Makes Music for Leo

The awarding of the Ratzinger Prize to Riccardo Muti was a balm for Benedict XVI’s devotees, whose appreciation for sacred music and liturgical culture was not carried on under Francis.

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Christopher McMullanDecember 30, 2025The Catholic Thing, Culture
Architect Frank Gehry and the Cathedral That Might Have Been

Los Angeles passed over a generational architectural talent in building its cathedral, settling instead for a structure that fails to lift the human spirit.

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Christopher McMullanDecember 29, 2025National Catholic Register, Culture
The Smiling Archbishop of New York

Dolan was a happy warrior, with the emphasis on the adjective more than the noun.

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Christopher McMullanDecember 28, 2025First Things, Church Affairs
‘As You Wish’: Truth and True Love in Rob Reiner’s ‘The Princess Bride’

The beloved film echoes a truth taught from the manger and proclaimed by the martyrs: Death cannot stop true love.

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Christopher McMullanDecember 27, 2025National Catholic Register, Culture
Cardinal Dolan Was a Happy ‘Culture Warrior’

The secular media tried to diminish the larger-than-life Catholic archbishop of New York by accusing him of preaching the Gospel.

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Christopher McMullanDecember 26, 2025The Wall Street Journal, Church Affairs
For 200 years, the 'Ave Maria' has lifted our spirits

Michael Bublé's recent Vatican concert was evidence of the enduring nature of the hymn

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Christopher McMullanDecember 25, 2025National Post, Faith
NP View: We wish you a very merry Christmas

Human fellowship requires human encounter, not digital facsimiles

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Christopher McMullanDecember 24, 2025National Post, Faith
Even after Bondi, a light of hope shines through the darkness

Jews this week again feel burned. In these days, gentiles who extend a hand to share those burdens can be a tiny flame of light

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Christopher McMullanDecember 21, 2025National Post, Faith
Cardinal Dolan Is America’s Preacher Par Excellence

As Vatican II taught that proclaiming the Gospel stands at the heart of priestly ministry, Cardinal Timothy Dolan spent decades giving that teaching a living, compelling voice.

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Christopher McMullanDecember 19, 2025National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Returned kayak a symbol of Vatican-Indigenous relations

The facts about the kayak differ from the post-TRC template — and are more complicated, more interesting and more hopeful

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Christopher McMullanDecember 14, 2025National Post, Church Affairs
Our Lady of This Particular Place

In the places where Jesus is hard to find, in those places where it appears he does not intervene, Our Lady of This Particular Place is present—in Loreto, in Guadalupe, and in Monroe.

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Christopher McMullanDecember 10, 2025First Things, Faith
'Starchitect' Frank Gehry transcended the confines of convention

He drew shapes in the sky that elevated the eyes and the spirit

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Christopher McMullanDecember 10, 2025National Post, Culture
Pope Leo Asks: What Has Arius to Do With Jesus?

Marking the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, the Pope contrasts orthodox faith with the claims of Arius and outlines how the Church must address the ‘new Arianism’ in today’s culture.

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Christopher McMullanDecember 8, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Quebec attacks religious liberty

'Aggressive Secularism' is not the same as state neutrality

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Christopher McMullanDecember 8, 2025National Post, Politics
Don't compare Trump with WWII's Chamberlain

There was never any doubt that the British PM opposed Hitler’s ambitions in Europe. The same cannot be said of Trump and Putin

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Christopher McMullanNovember 30, 2025National Post, Politics
Saints in the Halls of Heaven

The Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation are an unexplored treasure of the Roman Missal, and mark the fruit of the liturgical reform at a tumultuous time.

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Christopher McMullanNovember 29, 2025The Catholic Thing, Faith
Singing With the Saints

St. Cecilia may be the patron of music, but three others are known more for their hymns than their writings.

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Christopher McMullanNovember 23, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
1965 reconciliation of Polish and German bishops a lesson in moral courage

As Europe faces a new war, a reminder that mercy sometimes requires a measure of boldness

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Christopher McMullanNovember 23, 2025National Post, Church Affairs
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