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A Tale of Two Cities (Lk. 7:36ff.)

How impor­tant it is in America to be a "team player." One who is a team player may even be grant­ed the highest of accolades:…

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The Cloister or the World?

Both began writing as teenagers and, in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, whose prose they admired, never stopped in their quest for self, identity,…

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Looking for Help in All the Wrong Places

A balance is necessary between the faith conceived as intellectual assent and as a lived experience, rooted in the liturgy but extending to all aspects…

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In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Peru: Pope addresses 60,000 at youth prayer vigil

Preaches way to Christ, passion, vocation, friendship

USCCB urges ICE to waive fee for foreign seminarians

Hefty $70K, part of student and exchange visitor program

Hungarian PM opens Soviet-era secret police archives

Bishops urge against ‘hasty opinions’ on named clergy

Study: 63% of religious books on Amazon are AI slop

Including Catholic ones; buyers advised to discern carefully

Catholic identity is asset amid college enrollment drop

As more students, parents seek a faith-based education

'Christianophobia' added to Spain's official dictionary

To explicitly identify growing hostility towards Christianity

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Peru: Pope addresses 60,000 at youth prayer vigil

Preaches way to Christ, passion, vocation, friendship

USCCB urges ICE to waive fee for foreign seminarians

Hefty $70K, part of student and exchange visitor program

Hungarian PM opens Soviet-era secret police archives

Bishops urge against ‘hasty opinions’ on named clergy

Study: 63% of religious books on Amazon are AI slop

Including Catholic ones; buyers advised to discern carefully

Catholic identity is asset amid college enrollment drop

As more students, parents seek a faith-based education

'Christianophobia' added to Spain's official dictionary

To explicitly identify growing hostility towards Christianity

VIEW ARCHIVE

Topics

From the NOR Dossiers
Eschatology & End Times

The Antichrist in Political Philosophy… Isaac Newton: End-Times Prophet… Your Final Destination… Last Judgment (Lite)… more

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Literature & Literary Criticism

Is Modern Man Too Healthy for Literature?... Flannery O'Connor & the Representation of Mystery... Reading as Sacrament... 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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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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The Narthex

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The Massachusetts Abortion Fight

By Sabino Paciolla
November 13th 2026 11:28 AM

Catholic Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey immediately put into effect a Bay State law expanding the situations in which abortions can be performed in late pregnancy.…

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Status of SSPX Faithful?

By Sabino Paciolla
November 12th 2026 12:36 PM

Four months after the episcopal consecrations celebrated by the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X absent pontifical mandate, the canonical effects of the decree and…

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Shift in the Culture of Death

By John M. Grondelski
November 5th 2026 9:17 PM

May 2, 2027 will mark the 100th anniversary of Buck v. Bell, the Supreme Court decision that upheld Virginia’s power to sterilize mentally retarded people.…

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Thinkers & Players

EXPLORE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE CHURCH

St. John Henry Cardinal Newman

The Two Worlds of John Henry Newman… Newman's Advice to Anglo-Catholics… Newman’s Prophetic Challenge to Clericalism…

Chesterton

The Optimistic Pessimism of G.K. Chesterton… A Curmudgeon for Our Times… Distributism’s Significance for Our Social Predicaments… and more

Pope Benedict XVI

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

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

A Tale of Two Cities (Lk. 7:36ff.)

How impor­tant it is in America to be a "team player." One who is a team player may even be grant­ed the highest of accolades:…

READ ARTICLE
The Cloister or the World?

Both began writing as teenagers and, in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, whose prose they admired, never stopped in their quest for self, identity,…

READ ARTICLE
Looking for Help in All the Wrong Places

A balance is necessary between the faith conceived as intellectual assent and as a lived experience, rooted in the liturgy but extending to all aspects…

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Peru: Pope addresses 60,000 at youth prayer vigil

Preaches way to Christ, passion, vocation, friendship

USCCB urges ICE to waive fee for foreign seminarians

Hefty $70K, part of student and exchange visitor program

Hungarian PM opens Soviet-era secret police archives

Bishops urge against ‘hasty opinions’ on named clergy

Study: 63% of religious books on Amazon are AI slop

Including Catholic ones; buyers advised to discern carefully

Catholic identity is asset amid college enrollment drop

As more students, parents seek a faith-based education

'Christianophobia' added to Spain's official dictionary

To explicitly identify growing hostility towards Christianity

VIEW ARCHIVE
Peru: Pope addresses 60,000 at youth prayer vigil

Preaches way to Christ, passion, vocation, friendship

USCCB urges ICE to waive fee for foreign seminarians

Hefty $70K, part of student and exchange visitor program

Hungarian PM opens Soviet-era secret police archives

Bishops urge against ‘hasty opinions’ on named clergy

Study: 63% of religious books on Amazon are AI slop

Including Catholic ones; buyers advised to discern carefully

Catholic identity is asset amid college enrollment drop

As more students, parents seek a faith-based education

'Christianophobia' added to Spain's official dictionary

To explicitly identify growing hostility towards Christianity

VIEW ARCHIVE

The Narthex

The New Oxford Blog

The Massachusetts Abortion Fight

November 13th 2026 11:28 AM

Catholic Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey immediately put into effect a Bay State law expanding the situations in which abortions can…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Status of SSPX Faithful?

November 12th 2026 12:36 PM

Four months after the episcopal consecrations celebrated by the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X absent pontifical mandate, the canonical…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Shift in the Culture of Death

November 5th 2026 9:17 PM

May 2, 2027 will mark the 100th anniversary of Buck v. Bell, the Supreme Court decision that upheld Virginia’s power…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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Topics

From the NOR Dossiers
Eschatology & End Times

The Antichrist in Political Philosophy… Isaac Newton: End-Times Prophet… Your Final Destination… Last Judgment (Lite)… more

VIEW DOSSIER
Literature & Literary Criticism

Is Modern Man Too Healthy for Literature?... Flannery O'Connor & the Representation of Mystery... Reading as Sacrament... 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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