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Teaching Sexual Abstinence to Teenagers

The school's goal includes helping teens avoid all the hurts to self and others that come from premature, uncommitted sexual activity.

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One Day in the Life of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

He examined the disaster of modernity, a disaster not precipitated by world war, famine, or disease but borne by “an autonomous, irreligious consciousness.”

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The “Machine” That Acts & the “Soul” That Does Not

The machine is our instrument, not our heir and not our image. The future depends less on what these systems become than on whether we…

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Latin Mass permissions steady across papal transition

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Seoul WYD '27 planners recruit 'digital missionaries'

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BXVI's Regensburg address still important 20 years on

Message: Power, violence are absolutely against God's will

USCCB prez urges Trump to end deportation of Haitians

Asks, What good is prosperity if not used to serve others?

NY: After 30 year absence, nuns return to K-8 school

Pastor, parish actively pursued & assisted convent move

Pope Leo XIV marks 71st birthday at Vatican Library

Opens water-themed art exhibit, announces expansion

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Latin Mass permissions steady across papal transition

34 dioceses got them for parish churches in 2025 & 2024

Seoul WYD '27 planners recruit 'digital missionaries'

To evangelize, cover Masses and events large and small

BXVI's Regensburg address still important 20 years on

Message: Power, violence are absolutely against God's will

USCCB prez urges Trump to end deportation of Haitians

Asks, What good is prosperity if not used to serve others?

NY: After 30 year absence, nuns return to K-8 school

Pastor, parish actively pursued & assisted convent move

Pope Leo XIV marks 71st birthday at Vatican Library

Opens water-themed art exhibit, announces expansion

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Immigration: Private and State Responsibilities

By James Thunder
September 15th 2026 10:55 AM

Here we wrap up my four-part series on suggestions for improving the pastoral letter on immigration by the Archbishop of San Antonio, the Most Rev.…

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'Haste is Never a Good Counselor'

By Sabino Paciolla
September 14th 2026 11:44 AM

Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, discussed the law on assisted suicide approved last Wednesday by the Veneto Regional Council in…

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Bearing Witness to Moral Good

By John M. Grondelski
September 10th 2026 2:22 PM

In last Sunday’s First Reading, God tells the prophet Ezekiel that he is to be “watchman” of Israel. He is to watch and warn Israel…

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Front & Center

Teaching Sexual Abstinence to Teenagers

The school's goal includes helping teens avoid all the hurts to self and others that come from premature, uncommitted sexual activity.

READ ARTICLE
One Day in the Life of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

He examined the disaster of modernity, a disaster not precipitated by world war, famine, or disease but borne by “an autonomous, irreligious consciousness.”

READ ARTICLE
The “Machine” That Acts & the “Soul” That Does Not

The machine is our instrument, not our heir and not our image. The future depends less on what these systems become than on whether we…

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Latin Mass permissions steady across papal transition

34 dioceses got them for parish churches in 2025 & 2024

Seoul WYD '27 planners recruit 'digital missionaries'

To evangelize, cover Masses and events large and small

BXVI's Regensburg address still important 20 years on

Message: Power, violence are absolutely against God's will

USCCB prez urges Trump to end deportation of Haitians

Asks, What good is prosperity if not used to serve others?

NY: After 30 year absence, nuns return to K-8 school

Pastor, parish actively pursued & assisted convent move

Pope Leo XIV marks 71st birthday at Vatican Library

Opens water-themed art exhibit, announces expansion

VIEW ARCHIVE
Latin Mass permissions steady across papal transition

34 dioceses got them for parish churches in 2025 & 2024

Seoul WYD '27 planners recruit 'digital missionaries'

To evangelize, cover Masses and events large and small

BXVI's Regensburg address still important 20 years on

Message: Power, violence are absolutely against God's will

USCCB prez urges Trump to end deportation of Haitians

Asks, What good is prosperity if not used to serve others?

NY: After 30 year absence, nuns return to K-8 school

Pastor, parish actively pursued & assisted convent move

Pope Leo XIV marks 71st birthday at Vatican Library

Opens water-themed art exhibit, announces expansion

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Immigration: Private and State Responsibilities

September 15th 2026 10:55 AM

Here we wrap up my four-part series on suggestions for improving the pastoral letter on immigration by the Archbishop of…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

'Haste is Never a Good Counselor'

September 14th 2026 11:44 AM

Monsignor Renzo Pegoraro, President of the Pontifical Academy for Life, discussed the law on assisted suicide approved last Wednesday by…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Bearing Witness to Moral Good

September 10th 2026 2:22 PM

In last Sunday’s First Reading, God tells the prophet Ezekiel that he is to be “watchman” of Israel. He is…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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Radical Traditionalism

Traditionalist & Progressive Totalitarians in the Church... Why Catholic Orthodoxy Is Not 'Catholic Fundamentalism'... and more

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Catholic Education Trends

Fr. Ted’s Big Trade... Catechesis & the Average Catholic... The Secularizing of Catholic Universities... Conformed to the World?... 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

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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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