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Would a woman like Pelagia truly repent in public? Would she put aside her pride and status, all that she had lived for, to humble…

Babies require their parents to inhabit the real world, to occupy time and space and physicality. Babies destroy gnostic escape; they are the anti-video game.

Today's librarians apparently believe the only way to get kids to read is to sucker them in with books about television characters, or worse.
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He remains member of dicastery after admitting abuse
'Without the agenda' of turning others into Catholics
College of Cardinals in 2023 is diverse & unpredictable
Meanwhile, 'nones' & those who won't specify tripled
Candidates Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, & Pence have said same
In finance trial; due to Becciu's illegal & amateurish acts
He remains member of dicastery after admitting abuse
'Without the agenda' of turning others into Catholics
College of Cardinals in 2023 is diverse & unpredictable
Meanwhile, 'nones' & those who won't specify tripled
Candidates Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, & Pence have said same
In finance trial; due to Becciu's illegal & amateurish acts
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Crossing Red Lines
By Barbara RoseLast week Ukrainian President Zelensky visited the U.S. and Canada seeking more money and weapons. As reported by Kelley Beaucar Vlahos at Responsible Statecraft (Sept.…
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By John M. GrondelskiIn a surprise development, nominal Catholic California Governor Gavin Newsom recently vetoed legislation that instructed California courts to take a parent’s “gender affirming” views into…
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By James Hanink“Philosophy begins in wonder.” So says Aristotle in his Metaphysics. Reflecting on this text, St. Thomas teaches that a goal of metaphysics is to establish…
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Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
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Would a woman like Pelagia truly repent in public? Would she put aside her pride and status, all that she had lived for, to humble…

Babies require their parents to inhabit the real world, to occupy time and space and physicality. Babies destroy gnostic escape; they are the anti-video game.

Today's librarians apparently believe the only way to get kids to read is to sucker them in with books about television characters, or worse.
In The News

He remains member of dicastery after admitting abuse
'Without the agenda' of turning others into Catholics
College of Cardinals in 2023 is diverse & unpredictable
Meanwhile, 'nones' & those who won't specify tripled
Candidates Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, & Pence have said same
In finance trial; due to Becciu's illegal & amateurish acts
He remains member of dicastery after admitting abuse
'Without the agenda' of turning others into Catholics
College of Cardinals in 2023 is diverse & unpredictable
Meanwhile, 'nones' & those who won't specify tripled
Candidates Nikki Haley, Tim Scott, & Pence have said same
In finance trial; due to Becciu's illegal & amateurish acts

The Narthex
Crossing Red Lines
Last week Ukrainian President Zelensky visited the U.S. and Canada seeking more money and weapons. As reported by Kelley Beaucar…
READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POSTNewsom's Political Dissimulation
In a surprise development, nominal Catholic California Governor Gavin Newsom recently vetoed legislation that instructed California courts to take a…
READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POSTMacro-Matters & Wonder
“Philosophy begins in wonder.” So says Aristotle in his Metaphysics. Reflecting on this text, St. Thomas teaches that a goal…
READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POSTTopics

Abortion
What Goes on Inside the Clinic… Consumed by Zeal for the Culture of Death… Eugenics in the USA… Graphic Images: An Apologia… Bumping Off Baby... Pro-Abortion & Anti-War?... Unwanted Children? Disposable as Last Sunday's Paper... and more
VIEW DOSSIER
Conversion Stories
Exotic Seed, Sown Deep in the Persian Dust... From Murderer to Monk… My (Crooked) Path to the Monastery… Why Attila the Hun Would Have Sacked a Protestant Rome…
VIEW DOSSIER
Ecumenism & Ecumania
A Trialogue With C.S. Lewis, Martin Luther & Thomas Aquinas… The Catch-22 of Ecumenical Relations With Evangelicals… and more
VIEW DOSSIER
Stand up and defend your faith.
Culture is shifting, but you can count on The New Oxford Review for an unwavering Catholic point of view. The message of the Church is easily muddled in today’s increasingly hostile, secular culture. We understand what’s coming at you, and we have articles and resources to help you defend your faith and grow in your understanding of Catholic teachings.
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