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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
Waters Deadly and Domesticated

The Spirit moves over the aboriginal waters, and man participates in that continuing creative work. Would that our stewardship had saved lives in the Texas floods.

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Christopher McMullanJuly 16, 2025The Catholic Thing, Faith
Memories of Live Aid and a different era

Forty years ago, 40 per cent of the world's population tuned in to watch a charity rock extravaganza

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Christopher McMullanJuly 13, 2025National Post, Culture
Pope Leo XIV’s ‘Care of Creation’ Mass Offers Liturgical Lesson for Priests

The Holy Father’s use of the optional Mass during Ordinary Time should spur priests worldwide to do the same.

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Christopher McMullanJuly 9, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Russia’s ‘Sacrilegious War’ Shatters Orthodox Unity, Prompts Response From Pope Leo

Despite what desires remain in Rome for full communion, it is a complete impossibility when the two most important Orthodox patriarchates are not in communion with each other.

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Christopher McMullanJuly 7, 2025National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
America's 1775 invasion of Quebec ended in retreat. Trump should ponder that

French-Canadien Catholics backed British forces to defend Quebec City from an invading American army

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Christopher McMullanJuly 6, 2025National Post, Politics
5 Ways the 2025 Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul Speaks to US Catholics

A new Pope, a revived tradition, and nine American archbishops in Rome mark this year’s solemnity.

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Christopher McMullanJune 29, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
It's time to end the 'endless war' talk

War is not a purely chronological exercise. It can always come to a quick end if one side surrenders

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Christopher McMullanJune 29, 2025National Post, Politics
Re-reading Leo XIII’s ‘Annum Sacrum’

The pope’s name is Leo, it’s a jubilee year, and the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus was observed this week. It must be time to re-read Annum Sacrum.

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Christopher McMullanJune 28, 2025The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
Christian and Jewish leaders unite to combat the scourge of antisemitism

Around 100 faith leaders got together this week to discuss the roots of Jew-hatred and how to put a stop to it

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Christopher McMullanJune 28, 2025National Post, Church Affairs
Pope Leo XIV Preaches the Virtue of Magnanimity to Priests

Catholics belong to a communion of Christian disciples, and the challenge is to be agreeable even when disagreement is necessary.

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Christopher McMullanJune 27, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Providential Feast Days Shine Light on Religious Freedom Week

The week’s liturgical calendar features saints who died defying unjust rulers — and feasts that point to the deeper source of true freedom.

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Christopher McMullanJune 21, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Reconciling with history on National Indigenous Peoples Day

The proper response to incomplete truths — or even falsehoods — about Canada's past is more open discussion

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Christopher McMullanJune 21, 2025National Post, Politics
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