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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
The Artemis mission is humbling for humanity

It took its crew farther than any earthling has ever been from this lonely, lovely, lively planet

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Christopher McMullanApril 13, 2026National Post, Culture
Jack Nicklaus, not Tiger Woods, still defines greatness at Augusta

Forty years after his magical 1986 victory, the Golden Bear returns as both supreme athlete and man of character

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Christopher McMullanApril 10, 2026National Post, Sports, Culture
Noting Pope Leo’s Key Overtures to Spain and Monaco

Both events indicate what has become a key theme of the new pontificate: easing frictions and tensions.

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Christopher McMullanApril 10, 2026National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
From Emmaus to the Upper Room: The Meaning of Easter Evening

In his first Easter ‘Urbi et Orbi,’ Pope Leo drew attention to a part of Easter Sunday often overlooked.

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Christopher McMullanApril 5, 2026National Catholic Register, Faith
Darkness descends over Egypt, echoing Passover's ninth plague

Due to the energy crisis caused by the war, shops and restaurants have been ordered to close early, and streetlights have been dimmed

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Christopher McMullanApril 5, 2026National Post, Faith
Seventh Word from the Cross: Sacrifice Upon the Altar of History

‘It is finished.’

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Christopher McMullanApril 3, 2026National Catholic Register, Seven Last Words
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