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Front & Center

Regarding the Advice Being Given Prolifers by Certain 'Friendly' Conservatives

Legalized abortion is not something that any society can really tolerate or live with without losing its soul.

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The News You May Have Missed: March 2026

Sons of Thunder... Death Defying... The Hangman Cometh... Outlawned... A Stroll Down Penny Lane... Blazing Saddles... Stuffed Menace... and more

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The Meaning of Feminine Submission

Eve, though derived from Adam, completes him. She is his body, “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” Eve provides Adam his masculine…

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In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Cardinal Parolin: Vatican promoting U.S.-Cuba dialogue

Top diplomats of both have met with Pope, senior prelates

Leo accepts resignations of Chaldean patriarch, bishop

Cardinal Sako at age 76; Shaleta amid corruption scandal

Cdl. McElroy: U.S. war on Iran 'not morally legitimate'

Fails to meet half the requirements of just war threshold

Mexican Catholics protect churches on 'Women’s Day'

But vandals attack a 17th-C. church under restoration

Mexico: Priest reported missing found dead in south

About 12 miles from his parish; authorities investigating

Bishops Parkes of St. Petersburg & of Savannah are sibs

11th pair of biological brother bishops in U.S. history

VIEW ARCHIVE
Cardinal Parolin: Vatican promoting U.S.-Cuba dialogue

Top diplomats of both have met with Pope, senior prelates

Leo accepts resignations of Chaldean patriarch, bishop

Cardinal Sako at age 76; Shaleta amid corruption scandal

Cdl. McElroy: U.S. war on Iran 'not morally legitimate'

Fails to meet half the requirements of just war threshold

Mexican Catholics protect churches on 'Women’s Day'

But vandals attack a 17th-C. church under restoration

Mexico: Priest reported missing found dead in south

About 12 miles from his parish; authorities investigating

Bishops Parkes of St. Petersburg & of Savannah are sibs

11th pair of biological brother bishops in U.S. history

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Anglican Communion

Preaching Christ Customized... What Does the Anglican Patrimony Have to Offer the Church?... A Slow-Motion Implosion… Lifeboats on the Tiber… more

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Higher Education

Twilight of the Universities... The Cult of Diversity at Providence College... Ivy League Culture Wars... Is Georgetown Still Catholic?... and more

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Just War Theory & the Iraq War

The Blood Crying Out from the Ground... The Woeful Plight of Iraqi Christians... Fuel Conservation: No War Needed... War’s Challenge to the Christian Conscience... more

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The Narthex

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Scapegoats vs. Lost Sheep

By Jason Morgan
March 11th 2026 12:26 PM

When millions of pages of documents and photographs were released revealing who among the world’s so-called “elite” had been cavorting with sex-trafficking pedophile Jeffrey Epstein,…

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The End of Justifying Sin with Ideology

By Jason Morgan
March 9th 2026 12:13 PM

Bombs are falling on Iran. In this act of naked aggression many see the contours of another murderous rampage: the invasion of Iraq 23 years…

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Notre Dame's 'Unforced Error'

By James Thunder
March 8th 2026 5:35 PM

In Part 1, linked below, I described the shockingly bad news coming out of Notre Dame. I promised that in Part 2 I would describe…

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Is Benedict to Blame?... Sex, Lies & Dossiers: The Vatican at the Crossroads... The Kasper-Ratzinger Debate... more

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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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Front & Center

Regarding the Advice Being Given Prolifers by Certain 'Friendly' Conservatives

Legalized abortion is not something that any society can really tolerate or live with without losing its soul.

READ ARTICLE
The News You May Have Missed: March 2026

Sons of Thunder... Death Defying... The Hangman Cometh... Outlawned... A Stroll Down Penny Lane... Blazing Saddles... Stuffed Menace... and more

READ ARTICLE
The Meaning of Feminine Submission

Eve, though derived from Adam, completes him. She is his body, “bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.” Eve provides Adam his masculine…

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Cardinal Parolin: Vatican promoting U.S.-Cuba dialogue

Top diplomats of both have met with Pope, senior prelates

Leo accepts resignations of Chaldean patriarch, bishop

Cardinal Sako at age 76; Shaleta amid corruption scandal

Cdl. McElroy: U.S. war on Iran 'not morally legitimate'

Fails to meet half the requirements of just war threshold

Mexican Catholics protect churches on 'Women’s Day'

But vandals attack a 17th-C. church under restoration

Mexico: Priest reported missing found dead in south

About 12 miles from his parish; authorities investigating

Bishops Parkes of St. Petersburg & of Savannah are sibs

11th pair of biological brother bishops in U.S. history

VIEW ARCHIVE
Cardinal Parolin: Vatican promoting U.S.-Cuba dialogue

Top diplomats of both have met with Pope, senior prelates

Leo accepts resignations of Chaldean patriarch, bishop

Cardinal Sako at age 76; Shaleta amid corruption scandal

Cdl. McElroy: U.S. war on Iran 'not morally legitimate'

Fails to meet half the requirements of just war threshold

Mexican Catholics protect churches on 'Women’s Day'

But vandals attack a 17th-C. church under restoration

Mexico: Priest reported missing found dead in south

About 12 miles from his parish; authorities investigating

Bishops Parkes of St. Petersburg & of Savannah are sibs

11th pair of biological brother bishops in U.S. history

VIEW ARCHIVE

The Narthex

The New Oxford Blog

Scapegoats vs. Lost Sheep

March 11th 2026 12:26 PM

When millions of pages of documents and photographs were released revealing who among the world’s so-called “elite” had been cavorting…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

The End of Justifying Sin with Ideology

March 9th 2026 12:13 PM

Bombs are falling on Iran. In this act of naked aggression many see the contours of another murderous rampage: the…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Notre Dame's 'Unforced Error'

March 8th 2026 5:35 PM

In Part 1, linked below, I described the shockingly bad news coming out of Notre Dame. I promised that in…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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Topics

From the NOR Dossiers
Anglican Communion

Preaching Christ Customized... What Does the Anglican Patrimony Have to Offer the Church?... A Slow-Motion Implosion… Lifeboats on the Tiber… more

VIEW DOSSIER
Higher Education

Twilight of the Universities... The Cult of Diversity at Providence College... Ivy League Culture Wars... Is Georgetown Still Catholic?... and more

VIEW DOSSIER
Just War Theory & the Iraq War

The Blood Crying Out from the Ground... The Woeful Plight of Iraqi Christians... Fuel Conservation: No War Needed... War’s Challenge to the Christian Conscience... 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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