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The legendary George Foreman was a big man, with an even bigger heart

Careers like Foreman’s are often called redemption stories. His actually was

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Christopher McMullanMarch 27, 2025National Post, Culture
30 Years Ago Today, John Paul II Issued His Boldest Battle Cry for Life

The message of the landmark encyclical, ‘Evangelium Vitae’ is needed now more than ever.

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Christopher McMullanMarch 26, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Poilievre must pivot from his apple munching ways

The politics of humiliation have fallen out of fashion in Canada

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Christopher McMullanMarch 23, 2025National Post, Politics
Tendency towards enhanced executive power on rise in U.S. and Canada

The potential for grift, unintentional or otherwise, is one that should not be overlooked

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Christopher McMullanMarch 21, 2025National Post, Politics
Justice gets a boost in Canada

New independent commission will review potentially wrongful convictions

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Christopher McMullanMarch 16, 2025National Post, Politics
Pope Francis’ Distinctive Eucharistic Piety

Although he has not celebrated Mass publicly since 2022, the Holy Father has made Eucharistic adoration a main focus.

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Christopher McMullanMarch 13, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
A case for expanding the Governor General's role in Canada

All British PMs meet weekly with the monarch. Should our PM not meet regularly with the King's representative here?

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Christopher McMullanMarch 12, 2025National Post, Politics
Travel-happy Trudeau will be remembered for shunning Israel

The prime minister did well by visiting Ukraine several times. Why didn't he do the same for Israel?

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Christopher McMullanMarch 9, 2025National Post, Politics
‘Conclave’ Cardinal’s Homily Mirrors Some of Pope Francis’ Actual Words

The film’s prescription for a future pope coincides with the current Pope’s autobiographical reflections. Why might that be?

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Christopher McMullanMarch 7, 2025National Catholic Register, Culture
A lion's voice from the 'bloodlands' roars back at Trump

Lech Wałęsa and other former Soviet-era political prisoners express 'horror and distaste' for U.S. president’s treatment of Zelenskyy

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Christopher McMullanMarch 6, 2025National Post, Politics
Trump a master negotiator no longer

The president's behaviour may mean others will be less eager to make deals with someone not bound by his own words

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Christopher McMullanMarch 1, 2025National Post, Politics
Putin's lies will not bring peace, warns Ukrainian Catholic patriarch

On his visit to Canada, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk reminds us that truth is required to end a war

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Christopher McMullanFebruary 27, 2025National Post, Politics
Pope Francis and “Selective Indignation”

It could be that Pope Francis simply prefers to see no enemies to the left. Yet there are other explanations.

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Christopher McMullanFebruary 26, 2025First Things, Church Affairs
Pope Francis’ ‘Lifewatch’ Encapsulates the Real Work of the Catholic Church

However, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.

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Christopher McMullanFebruary 26, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
Slavs and the ‘Near Abroad’

After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine was free. Now the bear and the fox are back. St. John Paul II’s Slavic heart is breaking in heaven.

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Christopher McMullanFebruary 23, 2025The Catholic Thing, Church Affairs
With hockey and Trumpian threats, success is the best revenge

Unlike Donald Trump, who is both a poor loser and a poor winner, let us celebrate our 4 Nations Face-Off victory over the U.S. graciously

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Christopher McMullanFebruary 22, 2025National Post, Culture
Trump learns he can't hold back the tide

U.S. customs chaos involving packages from China reminiscent of an old story about another supposedly vainglorious leader, King Canute

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Christopher McMullanFebruary 20, 2025National Post, Politics
Pope’s ‘Autobiography’ Is a Serviceable Introduction to Francis and His Thinking

‘Hope,’ which is not what it claims to be and is less than it ought to be, nevertheless gives glimpses into how life in Buenos Aires shaped Jorge Bergoglio.

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Christopher McMullanFebruary 18, 2025National Catholic Register, Faith
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