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It’s Time to Add Old Testament Saints to the Liturgical Calendar

Elevating the Old Testament saints would enhance the Catholic sense of the unity of Scripture and serve as a timely reminder that God’s holiness was at work in creation even before the Incarnation.

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Christopher McMullanAugust 27, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
A Finnish factor enters the Russia-Ukraine war

Donald Trump and Finnish President Alexander Stubb have become buddies. Hopes are that the U.S. president will listen to his new friend

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Christopher McMullanAugust 24, 2025National Post, Politics
Trump pledged to end Ukraine war in 24 hours. How's that working out? (Copy)

Putin pines for the glory days of the Soviet Union. Unfortunately, the man in the White House is no Ronald Reagan

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Christopher McMullanAugust 20, 2025National Post, Politics
From John Paul II to Leo XIV, Youth Walk With the Pope

Starting with Pope St. John Paul II and World Youth Day, recent popes have had their pontificates ‘baptized’ by rallies connected to Catholic youth.

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Christopher McMullanAugust 20, 2025National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
When trust falls in the forest, can anybody hear?

Trusting strangers is essential for economics and for politics — really for any civilized order

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Christopher McMullanAugust 18, 2025National Post, Politics
The Alaska summit could well be a big, beautiful Black Sea betrayal

Trump has long favoured a Ukrainian surrender. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejects that and, in any case, does not need the help of the United States to surrender to Russia

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Christopher McMullanAugust 15, 2025National Post, Politics
Pope Leo’s First 100 Days: Less Robert, More Peter

Since taking office in May, the Holy Father has served the Church more as a stabilizer than a disruptor.

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Christopher McMullanAugust 15, 2025National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Netanyahu goes it alone

Israel’s friends praised the 2005 Gaza withdrawal and oppose the current strategy. The PM is convinced that they were wrong then, and are wrong now

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Christopher McMullanAugust 10, 2025National Post, Politics
Sacred Voices: Vatican Choir Marks Palestrina’s 500th in New York

On tour in the U.S., the Vatican choir revives Palestrina’s legacy with sacred music praised by popes and saints.

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Christopher McMullanAugust 8, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
How the Helsinki Accords helped end communism

The accords, signed 50 years ago on Aug. 1, forced the Soviets to honour human rights

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Christopher McMullanAugust 4, 2025National Post, Politics
John Henry Newman Is the Doctor of the Church We Need Now

Pope Leo XIV’s first selection for doctor of the Church offers a model of courage and clarity in our time of confusion.

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Christopher McMullanAugust 1, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
A Castel Gandolfo Encounter With St. John Paul II

Thirty years ago, a seminar and papal Mass helped shape a priestly vocation.

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Christopher McMullanJuly 29, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
July 20th in the Round

While traveling across Canada by rail, some reflections on July 20th, a day of significant anniversaries: in Canada, the U.S., and Rome.

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Christopher McMullanJuly 26, 2025The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
Hulk Hogan told a simple story, but his life was far more complex

But Hogan was his own source of energy, uniquely able to connect with mass audiences

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Christopher McMullanJuly 26, 2025National Post, Culture
Via Rail's Toronto-to-Vancouver line tells the story of Canada

The route is a testament to Sir John A. Macdonald's perseverance

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Christopher McMullanJuly 25, 2025National Post, Politics
The Scopes Trial, Cardinal Schönborn, and the Enduring Quest for Intelligent Design

Is life in this world a random product of meaningless non-causes? Or is it guided by divine Providence?

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Christopher McMullanJuly 21, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Riding the rails of a Canadian triumph

No project was ever as important as the CPR was to the nation. It made the nation

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Christopher McMullanJuly 20, 2025National Post, Culture
Calgary Stampede a tribute to the horse, a rebuke to the East

It’s possible to imagine a Calgary festival without the agricultural element and the animals, but it wouldn’t be the Stampede

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Christopher McMullanJuly 18, 2025National Post, Culture
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