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How Not to Be Ecumenical

Within Anglicanism there grew up the notion that disparate elements of Christianity, no matter how con­tradictory, could be brought to­gether.

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When Stalin’s Daughter Found the Father

The Christian’s duty is to refuse the lie, to speak truth even when the new commissars call it hate, and to remember that faith is…

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Praying Along the Via Lucis

We can prolong our Easter rejoicing, as the Via Lucis begins right where the Via Crucis leaves off, and, in this new devotion, the Christ…

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In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Pope Leo: Tech should be centered on human dignity

AI communication must preserve ‘human voices & faces’

Charlotte bishop appoints 8 parochial administrators

Martin's model now in over a quarter of diocese’s parishes

Catholic college leaders prepare for demographic cliff

As Midwest & Northeast undergo steep decline in students

Trump admin. sues Las Cruces NM diocese to seize land

At foot of Mount Cristo Rey, with its 29-ft statue of Christ

Jerusalem: St. James Vicariate serves Hebrew speakers

Most of whom are Israeli-born children of foreign workers

Turkey: Greek Orthodox restore long-lost Tarsus diocese

With consecration of a bishop for Tarsus, Adana, & Hatay

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Pope Leo: Tech should be centered on human dignity

AI communication must preserve ‘human voices & faces’

Charlotte bishop appoints 8 parochial administrators

Martin's model now in over a quarter of diocese’s parishes

Catholic college leaders prepare for demographic cliff

As Midwest & Northeast undergo steep decline in students

Trump admin. sues Las Cruces NM diocese to seize land

At foot of Mount Cristo Rey, with its 29-ft statue of Christ

Jerusalem: St. James Vicariate serves Hebrew speakers

Most of whom are Israeli-born children of foreign workers

Turkey: Greek Orthodox restore long-lost Tarsus diocese

With consecration of a bishop for Tarsus, Adana, & Hatay

VIEW ARCHIVE

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From the NOR Dossiers
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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Latin Mass

At Mass, Actions Speak Louder Than Words... Where Has All the Latin Gone?... The New Mass Just Can't Be Fixed... Whither the Roman Rite?... more

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Mary, Mother of God

Marian Devotion as a Way of Life... Return to the Message of Fatima... The Virgin Birth: Where Science Meets Scripture... and more

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Wojtyła & Vatican II

By John M. Grondelski
May 18th 2026 12:13 PM

Today is Karol Wojtyła’s/St. John Paul II’s 126th birthday. He was born on Tuesday, May 18, 1920. It is hard to believe that, after a…

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In God’s Time, Not Ours

By John M. Grondelski
May 14th 2026 11:13 AM

I have been a critic of the “pastoral adaptation” of the Catholic Bishops of the United States, whereby Ascension Thursday is transferred to the Seventh…

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Knowing and Seeing

By James Hanink
May 8th 2026 11:26 AM

“All men by nature desire to know,” reads the first line of Aristotle’s Metaphysics. A bit of clarification is in order. Not all of the…

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Pope St. John Paul II

Kindred Spirits, Fellow Victors... The Pope as Playwright... Neither East nor West: On the Pope's Radical New Encyclical... and more

St. Thomas Aquinas & Thomism

Can Neo-Scholasticism Make a Comeback?... Can Thomism Save Science?... Dumb Ox?... Can We Revitalize Catholic Higher Education?... more

Walker Percy

Walker Percy, the Episcopal Church & Kierkegaard’s “Apostle”... Human Alienation & Our Biotech Future... Attempting to Discredit Walker Percy... and 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

How Not to Be Ecumenical

Within Anglicanism there grew up the notion that disparate elements of Christianity, no matter how con­tradictory, could be brought to­gether.

READ ARTICLE
When Stalin’s Daughter Found the Father

The Christian’s duty is to refuse the lie, to speak truth even when the new commissars call it hate, and to remember that faith is…

READ ARTICLE
Praying Along the Via Lucis

We can prolong our Easter rejoicing, as the Via Lucis begins right where the Via Crucis leaves off, and, in this new devotion, the Christ…

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Pope Leo: Tech should be centered on human dignity

AI communication must preserve ‘human voices & faces’

Charlotte bishop appoints 8 parochial administrators

Martin's model now in over a quarter of diocese’s parishes

Catholic college leaders prepare for demographic cliff

As Midwest & Northeast undergo steep decline in students

Trump admin. sues Las Cruces NM diocese to seize land

At foot of Mount Cristo Rey, with its 29-ft statue of Christ

Jerusalem: St. James Vicariate serves Hebrew speakers

Most of whom are Israeli-born children of foreign workers

Turkey: Greek Orthodox restore long-lost Tarsus diocese

With consecration of a bishop for Tarsus, Adana, & Hatay

VIEW ARCHIVE
Pope Leo: Tech should be centered on human dignity

AI communication must preserve ‘human voices & faces’

Charlotte bishop appoints 8 parochial administrators

Martin's model now in over a quarter of diocese’s parishes

Catholic college leaders prepare for demographic cliff

As Midwest & Northeast undergo steep decline in students

Trump admin. sues Las Cruces NM diocese to seize land

At foot of Mount Cristo Rey, with its 29-ft statue of Christ

Jerusalem: St. James Vicariate serves Hebrew speakers

Most of whom are Israeli-born children of foreign workers

Turkey: Greek Orthodox restore long-lost Tarsus diocese

With consecration of a bishop for Tarsus, Adana, & Hatay

VIEW ARCHIVE

The Narthex

The New Oxford Blog

Wojtyła & Vatican II

May 18th 2026 12:13 PM

Today is Karol Wojtyła’s/St. John Paul II’s 126th birthday. He was born on Tuesday, May 18, 1920. It is hard…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

In God’s Time, Not Ours

May 14th 2026 11:13 AM

I have been a critic of the “pastoral adaptation” of the Catholic Bishops of the United States, whereby Ascension Thursday…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Knowing and Seeing

May 8th 2026 11:26 AM

“All men by nature desire to know,” reads the first line of Aristotle’s Metaphysics. A bit of clarification is in…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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Topics

From the NOR Dossiers
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
Latin Mass

At Mass, Actions Speak Louder Than Words... Where Has All the Latin Gone?... The New Mass Just Can't Be Fixed... Whither the Roman Rite?... more

VIEW DOSSIER
Mary, Mother of God

Marian Devotion as a Way of Life... Return to the Message of Fatima... The Virgin Birth: Where Science Meets Scripture... 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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