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Is Beauty Just Decoration In an Otherwise Grim World?

Aesthetics can take us one of two ways: Our response to beauty will be self-centered, the self-serving of a consumer; or it will be other-centered,…

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What Today’s Academics Have Forgotten About Education

The study of man as man ought to entail an examination of art in all its forms. From this the student gains indispensable insights into…

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Problems with how liturgical studies uses history and canon law are tied together by an undercurrent: how liturgical studies fails to use theology.

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Belgian Catholics in 3 of 8 dioceses await new bishops

Pope Leo has opportunity to refresh leadership there

Armenian Patriarch meets with Pope, invites his visit

Discusses fate of Armenians in enclave in Azerbaijan

Pope expels Italian deacon-convict from clerical state

Who is now serving 12-year prison sentence for abuse

Angelicum launches series on Catholic social thought

First project of its new online platform, Angelicum Media

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DR Congo: 64 dead in Islamist attack on Catholic parish

Brutally killed while taking part in a wake; homes set afire

Nigerian archbp.: Country full of ‘fear, flight, funerals’

Citizens face kidnapping, extortion, living in camps, death

Belgian Catholics in 3 of 8 dioceses await new bishops

Pope Leo has opportunity to refresh leadership there

Armenian Patriarch meets with Pope, invites his visit

Discusses fate of Armenians in enclave in Azerbaijan

Pope expels Italian deacon-convict from clerical state

Who is now serving 12-year prison sentence for abuse

Angelicum launches series on Catholic social thought

First project of its new online platform, Angelicum Media

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Metallic Sacrilege

By John M. Grondelski
September 18th 2025 11:12 AM

A peculiar subset of modern moral corrosion is metal theft: the stealing of objects ranging from manhole covers to fire hydrants to be sold as…

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The Need to Stop Grasping

By John M. Grondelski
September 16th 2025 11:56 AM

Last Sunday’s Second Reading -- for the Exaltation of the Cross, which preempted the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time -- was St. Paul’s great hymn…

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The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

By Sabino Paciolla
September 15th 2025 11:50 AM

The assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 12 on a college campus in Utah, supposedly by a 22-year-old named Tyler Robinson who shot him in…

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Is Beauty Just Decoration In an Otherwise Grim World?

Aesthetics can take us one of two ways: Our response to beauty will be self-centered, the self-serving of a consumer; or it will be other-centered,…

READ ARTICLE
What Today’s Academics Have Forgotten About Education

The study of man as man ought to entail an examination of art in all its forms. From this the student gains indispensable insights into…

READ ARTICLE
Two Immediate Threats to Contemporary Liturgics

Problems with how liturgical studies uses history and canon law are tied together by an undercurrent: how liturgical studies fails to use theology.

READ ARTICLE

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MORNING MUST-READS
DR Congo: 64 dead in Islamist attack on Catholic parish

Brutally killed while taking part in a wake; homes set afire

Nigerian archbp.: Country full of ‘fear, flight, funerals’

Citizens face kidnapping, extortion, living in camps, death

Belgian Catholics in 3 of 8 dioceses await new bishops

Pope Leo has opportunity to refresh leadership there

Armenian Patriarch meets with Pope, invites his visit

Discusses fate of Armenians in enclave in Azerbaijan

Pope expels Italian deacon-convict from clerical state

Who is now serving 12-year prison sentence for abuse

Angelicum launches series on Catholic social thought

First project of its new online platform, Angelicum Media

VIEW ARCHIVE
DR Congo: 64 dead in Islamist attack on Catholic parish

Brutally killed while taking part in a wake; homes set afire

Nigerian archbp.: Country full of ‘fear, flight, funerals’

Citizens face kidnapping, extortion, living in camps, death

Belgian Catholics in 3 of 8 dioceses await new bishops

Pope Leo has opportunity to refresh leadership there

Armenian Patriarch meets with Pope, invites his visit

Discusses fate of Armenians in enclave in Azerbaijan

Pope expels Italian deacon-convict from clerical state

Who is now serving 12-year prison sentence for abuse

Angelicum launches series on Catholic social thought

First project of its new online platform, Angelicum Media

VIEW ARCHIVE

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The New Oxford Blog

Metallic Sacrilege

September 18th 2025 11:12 AM

A peculiar subset of modern moral corrosion is metal theft: the stealing of objects ranging from manhole covers to fire…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

The Need to Stop Grasping

September 16th 2025 11:56 AM

Last Sunday’s Second Reading -- for the Exaltation of the Cross, which preempted the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time --…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

The Assassination of Charlie Kirk

September 15th 2025 11:50 AM

The assassination of Charlie Kirk on September 12 on a college campus in Utah, supposedly by a 22-year-old named Tyler…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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Higher Education

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

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Literature Matters by Michael S. Rose

What “Old Books” Have to Teach Us About Being Human in the 21st Century... Dracula By Bram Stoker... “William Wilson” By Edgar Allan Poe... and more

VIEW DOSSIER
Vital Works Reconsidered

When No Man Was His Own... A Thomistic Vision of Man’s Final End... Purgatory on Earth... What Is Free Time For?... 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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