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What the Death of Norway’s King Harald Teaches Us About Christ the King

The death of King Harald on Aug. 28 fell amid feast days that prompt Catholic reflection on kingship.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 6, 2026National Catholic Register, Politics, Faith
Hidden for more than 80 years in Canada, Habsburg jewels shine again

Only two of Empress Zita's grandchildren knew of the priceless jewels — including the Florentine Diamond — that their grandmother had secreted in a Quebec bank vault

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 6, 2026National Post, Politics, Culture
Chimes of Freedom

The skies are darkening, and the freedom agenda of the late 1980s is in retreat. The storm is gathering again. The chimes of freedom need to flash anew.

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Christopher McMullanAugust 30, 2026The Catholic Thing, Culture
Trump's America is losing its grip

As in the now-famous photos of a bald eagle attacking a Canada goose, the U.S. is failing to conquer its targets

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Christopher McMullanAugust 30, 2026National Post, Politics
Remembering Dolly Parton, Beloved ‘Songteller’

The long life of the famed entertainer, who died Aug. 25, was mostly about what united, not what divided.

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Christopher McMullanAugust 30, 2026National Catholic Register, Culture
Dolly Parton, the 'songteller,' had a heart as big as her fame

With her profits she pioneered a different kind of philanthropy

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Christopher McMullanAugust 30, 2026National Post, Culture
Beyond ‘The Odyssey’: The Love That Moves the Sun and Stars

Which account of the divine is more compelling — Christopher Nolan’s Homer or Pope Leo’s Dante?

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Christopher McMullanAugust 27, 2026National Catholic Register, Culture, Church Affairs
Remembering Ratzinger at Rimini

The Rimini festival uses art, culture, and Catholic tradition to bridge believers and nonbelievers through beauty and love.

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Christopher McMullanAugust 23, 2026The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
The growing problem of settler violence in the West Bank

Prominent former Israeli leaders and security officials have condemned the violence, but the Netanyahu government refuses to take action

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Christopher McMullanAugust 23, 2026National Post, Politics
Trump doesn't care if he loses, as long as Canada also loses

It is hard to see what kind of agreement would be worth making

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Christopher McMullanAugust 16, 2026National Post, Politics
Churchill's warning about the Russian threat still resonates, 80 years later

Eastern European states cannot afford to ignore the danger at their doorsteps

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Christopher McMullanAugust 9, 2026National Post, Politics
How Slovakia's left has come to resemble the MAGA right

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico favours leftist economics, reduced immigration, social conservatism and Putin. Sound familiar?

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Christopher McMullanAugust 7, 2026National Post, Politics
The Cristero Rebellion of 1926 Offers a Sober Warning Today

Horrors are possible in our time, and in places not far away.

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Christopher McMullanAugust 7, 2026National Post, Politics, Faith
The world grapples with the limits of military force

The U.S. and Israel have the force. But force may no longer be enough, even against a much weaker rival

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Christopher McMullanAugust 2, 2026National Post, Politics
Why is Trump suddenly warming up to Ukraine?

It's unlikely that it was a factor of principles and morality

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Christopher McMullanJuly 29, 2026National Post, Politics
Ukrainian protests reflect a healthy democracy

Ukraine has managed, remarkably, to preserve and even enhance its democratic culture during the restrictions of wartime

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Christopher McMullanJuly 26, 2026National Post, Politics
Polish Prelates: Four Cardinals Form a Pope

Four Polish cardinals—Wyszyński, Sapieha, Jaworski, and Deskur—profoundly shaped the life, ministry, and faith of St. John Paul II.

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Christopher McMullanJuly 26, 2026The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
75 Years After His Death, Cardinal Sapieha’s Example Endures in Ukraine

The wartime archbishop of Kraków shaped St. John Paul II and became a model of episcopal courage whose witness finds a striking echo today in Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Ukraine.

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Christopher McMullanJuly 25, 2026National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
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