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The mixed legacy of Murray Sinclair

Murray Sinclair lived a great Canadian life but he also taught Canada to speak ill of generations of the dead

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Christopher McMullanNovember 10, 2024National Post, Politics
7 Things to Know About St. John Lateran on Its 1,700th Anniversary

The home church of Pope Francis marks its 1,700th anniversary Nov. 9.

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Christopher McMullanNovember 9, 2024National Catholic Register, Faith
The Search for Synodality

Definitions of synodality have finally been offered in the synod’s final report, including everything and leaving nothing out.

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Christopher McMullanNovember 7, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Jeff Bezos is good for journalism

The division of readers into ever-smaller outraged segments is the real problem

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Christopher McMullanNovember 3, 2024National Post, Politics
Did the Reformation End in 1999?

The ‘Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification,’ signed by the Catholic Church and the Lutheran World Federation, was joined by 2017 by the World Methodist Council, the Anglican Consultative Council, and the World Communion of Reformed Churches.

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Christopher McMullanNovember 1, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
Put Not Your Trust in Princes

Of the many things Christians might do to put God back in their homes, voting for any candidate seems an odd place to start.

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Christopher McMullanOctober 30, 2024First Things, Politics
Father Radcliffe’s Synod Comments on Africa Echo Cardinal Kasper

Father Timothy Radcliffe’s suggestion of foreign influence on African bishops during the Synod recall Cardinal Kasper’s contentious statements from a decade ago.

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Christopher McMullanOctober 27, 2024National Catholic Register, Church Affairs
How to get political leaders to walk the plank

A plaintive letter with fewer than two dozen signatories was not nearly enough to oust Trudeau

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Christopher McMullanOctober 27, 2024National Post, Politics
One, Many Cardinal Fernández Fiascos

Whether viewed from starboard or port, the HSS Synodality is sinking. How many are now ready to abandon ship?

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Christopher McMullanOctober 26, 2024The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
Newcomers owe it to Canada to reject extremism

Presumably they came to Canada in part to escape hate and violence in their troubled homelands

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Christopher McMullanOctober 20, 2024National Post, Politics
Is Doug Ford just a progressive in slow motion?

Besides beer and high-cost infrastructure, the premier doesn't seem to stand for much

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Christopher McMullanOctober 17, 2024National Post, Politics
Trudeau and Joly have made Canada into Hamas's greatest G7 ally

The actions of our government are surely being well received in the dank tunnels underneath Gaza

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Christopher McMullanOctober 13, 2024National Post, Politics
Donald Trump Has a Prayer

The Prayer to St. Michael recently posted by Donald Trump is about something much older than American politics.

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Christopher McMullanOctober 11, 2024The Wall Street Journal, Politics
Israel is building a new Middle East — one that counters Iranian threat

A history of short wars and long consequences

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Christopher McMullanOctober 6, 2024National Post, Politics
Pope Francis, Hezbollah, Argentina and the Proportional Response to Acts of War

The actions that led to the end of the 32-year reign of the leader of Hezbollah have particular relevance in Buenos Aires.

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Christopher McMullanOctober 4, 2024National Catholic Register, Politics
Shohei Ohtani delivers Major League Baseball a redemption arc

Ohtani’s recent play brought joy to the game — something Pete Rose, who died Monday, denied fans over the last 35 years

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Christopher McMullanOctober 3, 2024National Post, Culture
The Infernal Synod on Synodality

Originally ridiculed by many as a “meeting about meetings,” the Synod on Synodality never managed to demonstrate that it wasn’t.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 30, 2024First Things, Church Affairs
Medjugorje: Good Fruit from a Bad Tree?

In the recent declaration on Medjugorje, the good fruit of visits there is affirmed. But it has not been affirmed that the apparitions themselves are a good tree.

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Christopher McMullanSeptember 29, 2024The Catholic Thing, Faith
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