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Outrageous Thoughts on War and Peace

We spent trillions for war while our physical and social infrastructure crumbled, and our families and schools became dysfunctional and our inner cities uninhabitable.

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Briefly Reviewed: April 2026

Here we review Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth by Catherine Ruth Pakaluk.

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Yes, AI Is a Tool, but It Is So Much More

The technology that makes its use possible is in the background, a “black box” that is barely perceptible and poorly understood even by the technicians…

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In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Pope Leo celebrates final Mass in Equatorial Guinea

For 30,000; 75% of nation's 1.6M citizens are Catholic

Germany: Marx instructs priests on same-sex blessings

Cardinal pushes handout, contradicts Fiducia Supplicans

U.S.: Over 400 men to be ordained priests this spring

25% were foreign-born, many from Vietnam & Mexico

Pope soon to ordain 8 new priests for Diocese of Rome

No. of priests working in diocese has halved in 25 years

NY bishops issue new guidebook on end-of-life decisions

Now that state law has legalized assisted suicide there

Early U.S. data: 108K marriages in '25, further decline

While Catholic population has grown by 20M since 1970

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Pope Leo celebrates final Mass in Equatorial Guinea

For 30,000; 75% of nation's 1.6M citizens are Catholic

Germany: Marx instructs priests on same-sex blessings

Cardinal pushes handout, contradicts Fiducia Supplicans

U.S.: Over 400 men to be ordained priests this spring

25% were foreign-born, many from Vietnam & Mexico

Pope soon to ordain 8 new priests for Diocese of Rome

No. of priests working in diocese has halved in 25 years

NY bishops issue new guidebook on end-of-life decisions

Now that state law has legalized assisted suicide there

Early U.S. data: 108K marriages in '25, further decline

While Catholic population has grown by 20M since 1970

VIEW ARCHIVE

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

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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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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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Feminine Authority Refined & Reaffirmed

By Marcus Peter
April 22nd 2026 11:28 AM

Monica Migliorino Miller’s article, “The Meaning of Feminine Submission” (Jan.-Feb.), deserves a grateful and respectful hearing because she takes Scripture seriously at the very place…

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Beauty, Cults, and Advertising

By Jason Morgan
April 21st 2026 11:21 AM

A few days ago I was watching the boring stock market channel on TV in Japan when there appeared on the screen a commercial for…

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Sinking of the Titanic

By Marcus Peter
April 20th 2026 11:46 AM

On the night of April 14 and the early hours of April 15, 1912, the grandest ship on earth struck an iceberg in the North…

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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

Outrageous Thoughts on War and Peace

We spent trillions for war while our physical and social infrastructure crumbled, and our families and schools became dysfunctional and our inner cities uninhabitable.

READ ARTICLE
Briefly Reviewed: April 2026

Here we review Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth by Catherine Ruth Pakaluk.

READ ARTICLE
Yes, AI Is a Tool, but It Is So Much More

The technology that makes its use possible is in the background, a “black box” that is barely perceptible and poorly understood even by the technicians…

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Pope Leo celebrates final Mass in Equatorial Guinea

For 30,000; 75% of nation's 1.6M citizens are Catholic

Germany: Marx instructs priests on same-sex blessings

Cardinal pushes handout, contradicts Fiducia Supplicans

U.S.: Over 400 men to be ordained priests this spring

25% were foreign-born, many from Vietnam & Mexico

Pope soon to ordain 8 new priests for Diocese of Rome

No. of priests working in diocese has halved in 25 years

NY bishops issue new guidebook on end-of-life decisions

Now that state law has legalized assisted suicide there

Early U.S. data: 108K marriages in '25, further decline

While Catholic population has grown by 20M since 1970

VIEW ARCHIVE
Pope Leo celebrates final Mass in Equatorial Guinea

For 30,000; 75% of nation's 1.6M citizens are Catholic

Germany: Marx instructs priests on same-sex blessings

Cardinal pushes handout, contradicts Fiducia Supplicans

U.S.: Over 400 men to be ordained priests this spring

25% were foreign-born, many from Vietnam & Mexico

Pope soon to ordain 8 new priests for Diocese of Rome

No. of priests working in diocese has halved in 25 years

NY bishops issue new guidebook on end-of-life decisions

Now that state law has legalized assisted suicide there

Early U.S. data: 108K marriages in '25, further decline

While Catholic population has grown by 20M since 1970

VIEW ARCHIVE

The Narthex

The New Oxford Blog

Feminine Authority Refined & Reaffirmed

April 22nd 2026 11:28 AM

Monica Migliorino Miller’s article, “The Meaning of Feminine Submission” (Jan.-Feb.), deserves a grateful and respectful hearing because she takes Scripture…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Beauty, Cults, and Advertising

April 21st 2026 11:21 AM

A few days ago I was watching the boring stock market channel on TV in Japan when there appeared on…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Sinking of the Titanic

April 20th 2026 11:46 AM

On the night of April 14 and the early hours of April 15, 1912, the grandest ship on earth struck…

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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