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A Case Study: Laying Off American Workers, Gouging Mexican Workers

Pope John Paul II said that the rights of workers take priority over the maximization of profits. Pope John XXIII declared that people have a…

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Can Bayesianism Quantify True Belief?

Faith is a fully human act, not an algorithmic assessment. It perfects the person in his entirety, including but not limited to the possession of…

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Does the Church Have a Stained-Glass Ceiling?

The handful of attempts at women’s ordinations in the early 2000s were met generally with yawns by lay observers and with warnings by prelates.

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66% of Americans favor the death penalty for murder

While only 25% see adequate safeguards against error

Msgr. Rossetti resumes online deliverance ministry

After removal as Archdiocese of Washington exorcist

Texas diocese announces additional location for TLM

Monthly in Midland, a city where SSPX has a chapel

TX Children’s Hosp. fined for trans procedures on kids

$10M and will fund, for five years, a detransition clinic

West Bank: Israeli settlers beset Christians in Taybeh

Priest: Solidarity of Christians across globe gives us hope

P. Kreeft begins 62nd year of teaching at Boston College

Despite loss of Maria, his wife of 63 years, who died in May

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66% of Americans favor the death penalty for murder

While only 25% see adequate safeguards against error

Msgr. Rossetti resumes online deliverance ministry

After removal as Archdiocese of Washington exorcist

Texas diocese announces additional location for TLM

Monthly in Midland, a city where SSPX has a chapel

TX Children’s Hosp. fined for trans procedures on kids

$10M and will fund, for five years, a detransition clinic

West Bank: Israeli settlers beset Christians in Taybeh

Priest: Solidarity of Christians across globe gives us hope

P. Kreeft begins 62nd year of teaching at Boston College

Despite loss of Maria, his wife of 63 years, who died in May

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Capital Punishment & the Death Penalty

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The WNBA PAC

By Jason Morgan
August 10th 2026 10:41 AM

It would be great if women who wanted to play basketball had a league of their own. They don’t, though. Instead, they have the WNBA,…

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More Technology, Less Human Connection

By Richard DellOrfano
August 10th 2026 12:05 AM

My paternal aunt is nearing 102 and I’m 84. We both have witnessed a staggering exponential advancement in technology and a depreciation of what it…

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Power and Its Limits

By James Hanink
August 8th 2026 7:38 PM

Hear ye, hear ye! President Trump opines that he is the most powerful person to ever live (“The YOLO Presidency,” The Atlantic, April 29, 2026).…

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Stand up and defend your faith.

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Front & Center

A Case Study: Laying Off American Workers, Gouging Mexican Workers

Pope John Paul II said that the rights of workers take priority over the maximization of profits. Pope John XXIII declared that people have a…

READ ARTICLE
Can Bayesianism Quantify True Belief?

Faith is a fully human act, not an algorithmic assessment. It perfects the person in his entirety, including but not limited to the possession of…

READ ARTICLE
Does the Church Have a Stained-Glass Ceiling?

The handful of attempts at women’s ordinations in the early 2000s were met generally with yawns by lay observers and with warnings by prelates.

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
66% of Americans favor the death penalty for murder

While only 25% see adequate safeguards against error

Msgr. Rossetti resumes online deliverance ministry

After removal as Archdiocese of Washington exorcist

Texas diocese announces additional location for TLM

Monthly in Midland, a city where SSPX has a chapel

TX Children’s Hosp. fined for trans procedures on kids

$10M and will fund, for five years, a detransition clinic

West Bank: Israeli settlers beset Christians in Taybeh

Priest: Solidarity of Christians across globe gives us hope

P. Kreeft begins 62nd year of teaching at Boston College

Despite loss of Maria, his wife of 63 years, who died in May

VIEW ARCHIVE
66% of Americans favor the death penalty for murder

While only 25% see adequate safeguards against error

Msgr. Rossetti resumes online deliverance ministry

After removal as Archdiocese of Washington exorcist

Texas diocese announces additional location for TLM

Monthly in Midland, a city where SSPX has a chapel

TX Children’s Hosp. fined for trans procedures on kids

$10M and will fund, for five years, a detransition clinic

West Bank: Israeli settlers beset Christians in Taybeh

Priest: Solidarity of Christians across globe gives us hope

P. Kreeft begins 62nd year of teaching at Boston College

Despite loss of Maria, his wife of 63 years, who died in May

VIEW ARCHIVE

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The WNBA PAC

August 10th 2026 10:41 AM

It would be great if women who wanted to play basketball had a league of their own. They don’t, though.…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

More Technology, Less Human Connection

August 10th 2026 12:05 AM

My paternal aunt is nearing 102 and I’m 84. We both have witnessed a staggering exponential advancement in technology and…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Power and Its Limits

August 8th 2026 7:38 PM

Hear ye, hear ye! President Trump opines that he is the most powerful person to ever live (“The YOLO Presidency,”…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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From the NOR Dossiers
Capital Punishment & the Death Penalty

Is There a Biblical Basis for Capital Punishment?... Sister Prejean's Lack of Credibility… Vengeance Is NOT Mine, Says "the Lord"… 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
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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