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Carney calls out Emperor Trump

The world had been waiting for someone, even briefly, tell the truth about the U.S. president

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 25, 2026National Post, Politics
Sacerdotal Storytellers

The priest, even more than the journalist, is a storyteller. A recent murder mystery movie made that point well.

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 25, 2026The Catholic Thing, Culture
When Catholic Bishops Criticize Presidents, Pay Attention

Archbishop Gómez’s 2021 statement on President Biden is worth revisiting, for it addressed many of the points stressed this week by three cardinals’ joint statement on President Trump.

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 23, 2026National Catholic Register, Politics
The big, not-at-all-beautiful first year of Trump 2.0

Make no mistake, this 'big government' president is no conservative

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 20, 2026National Post, Politics
Will Iran's wall fall, or will repression win out?

There were two attempted uprisings in 1989 — a successful one in Poland and a failed one in China. Which one will Iran end up like?

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 18, 2026National Post, Politics
‘Non Nobis Domine’: Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza on Giving Glory to God

In a season of triumph and acclaim, Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza echoes a Psalm sung for centuries by believers who knew that victory, like defeat, ultimately belongs not to man but to God.

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 18, 2026National Catholic Register, Sports, Culture
Pope Leo Walks the ‘Early Francis’ Path — With a New Approach

Early signs from Leo’s first consistory suggest continuity with Pope Francis’ original pastoral vision — more in what he said than in how he later governed.

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 12, 2026National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Theophany Night at the Museum: A Church Comes to Life

A Ukrainian Catholic church, dismantled in rural Alberta and rebuilt inside the Canadian Museum of History hundreds of miles away, serves as the setting for the annual Theophany liturgy.

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 11, 2026National Catholic Register, Faith
A holy night at the museum

Catholic liturgy, a carved raven and the Indian Residential School Memorial Monument provide lots to ponder at the Canadian Museum of History

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 11, 2026National Post, Faith
Why do abortion clinics receive more protection than synagogues?

Police shirk from their responsibility to protect live Jews

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 7, 2026National Post, Politics
Springtime Delayed: Why the Great Jubilee’s Promise Remains Unfulfilled

A quarter century after the Jubilee of 2000, the Church is still asking why the evangelical hopes it kindled have yet to bear their full fruit.

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 6, 2026National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Will Carney chart a new course for Indigenous Canadians?

He has distanced himself from Trudeau's eco-agenda. Will he now do the same on the First Nations file?

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 4, 2026National Post, Politics
As 2025 Comes to a Close, Is Christian Unity Stalled?

A century after the modern ecumenical movement began, recent events within the Anglican Communion in the Orthodox Church and the Orthodox Churches have halted plausible progress.

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 2, 2026National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
From Schubert to Staubach: The Hail Mary Through History

As the old year gives way to the new, it is timely to recall two important anniversaries of the venerable Marian prayer.

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Christopher McMullanJanuary 1, 2026National Catholic Register, Faith
250 years ago, the Americans attacked Canada — and lost

Quebec almost became the 14th state, but chose to stay loyal to the British Crown

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Christopher McMullanDecember 31, 2025National Post, Politics
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
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