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A New Mary Magdalen

A new, unheard-of Magdalen emerges from the detritus of antiquity — unheard of by you and me because she comes straight out of the ancient…

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Genesis: A Revolutionary Reading

The biblical account presents a totally radical worldview in contrast to ancient pagan civilizations and their errors -- and from modern renditions of those errors.

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Did William McKinley Die a Catholic?

In his final days the president requested the ministrations of Fr. Edward Vattmann, and upon his death he was buried with a final blessing by…

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Protestant coalition sues over ICE arrests at churches

Evangelical Lutherans, Quakers, Baptists, independents

Arrest of two nuns at railway station roils Indian politics

Held on charges of human trafficking, religious conversion

DDF allows private devotion for alleged apparitions

Italian man claims he's received Marian visions since '09

Talitha Kum: Pray & advocate for trafficking victims

70% of which are women & children, and 1 in 4 is a child

Vietnamese Catholics head to MO for Marian pilgrimage

Started in 1978 for the 'boat people' to gather, give thanks

Cardinal Parolin reiterates call for Palestinian state

Says in Gaza the 'new weapon being used is starvation'

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Protestant coalition sues over ICE arrests at churches

Evangelical Lutherans, Quakers, Baptists, independents

Arrest of two nuns at railway station roils Indian politics

Held on charges of human trafficking, religious conversion

DDF allows private devotion for alleged apparitions

Italian man claims he's received Marian visions since '09

Talitha Kum: Pray & advocate for trafficking victims

70% of which are women & children, and 1 in 4 is a child

Vietnamese Catholics head to MO for Marian pilgrimage

Started in 1978 for the 'boat people' to gather, give thanks

Cardinal Parolin reiterates call for Palestinian state

Says in Gaza the 'new weapon being used is starvation'

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Biblical Scholarship & Controversies

Which Church Is the Real Bible Church?... The Jesus Seminar: Making Uncomplicated Things Complicated... The Ineffectual Jesus of the Jesus Seminar... more

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Revert's Rostrum by Casey Chalk

Learning the Meaning of Longsuffering... Humanae Vitae: A Manual for Better Sex?... The Strange Magnetism of Virtual Fisticuffs... and more

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Travelogues

Freak Bus Across Afghanistan... The Divine Life of St. Nazianz... Postcards from the Ruins of a Christian Civilization... and more

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A Catholic 'No' to Freebies

By John M. Grondelski
July 30th 2025 11:30 AM

Governors Kathy Hochul of New York and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania have announced they are providing free breakfasts to all kids in schools of those…

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Intellectual Engagement

By James Hanink
July 29th 2025 12:04 PM

“Everyone has their own religion.” So said my mother, a thoroughly Irish Catholic. What was I to make of it? (My father, whose piety was…

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Liturgics & Vesting Prayers

By John M. Grondelski
July 28th 2025 11:41 AM

The July-August NOR features my article "Two Immediate Threats to Contemporary Liturgics." In it, my thesis is that three disciplines employed in the methodology of…

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The Optimistic Pessimism of G.K. Chesterton… A Curmudgeon for Our Times… Distributism’s Significance for Our Social Predicaments… 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

A New Mary Magdalen

A new, unheard-of Magdalen emerges from the detritus of antiquity — unheard of by you and me because she comes straight out of the ancient…

READ ARTICLE
Genesis: A Revolutionary Reading

The biblical account presents a totally radical worldview in contrast to ancient pagan civilizations and their errors -- and from modern renditions of those errors.

READ ARTICLE
Did William McKinley Die a Catholic?

In his final days the president requested the ministrations of Fr. Edward Vattmann, and upon his death he was buried with a final blessing by…

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Protestant coalition sues over ICE arrests at churches

Evangelical Lutherans, Quakers, Baptists, independents

Arrest of two nuns at railway station roils Indian politics

Held on charges of human trafficking, religious conversion

DDF allows private devotion for alleged apparitions

Italian man claims he's received Marian visions since '09

Talitha Kum: Pray & advocate for trafficking victims

70% of which are women & children, and 1 in 4 is a child

Vietnamese Catholics head to MO for Marian pilgrimage

Started in 1978 for the 'boat people' to gather, give thanks

Cardinal Parolin reiterates call for Palestinian state

Says in Gaza the 'new weapon being used is starvation'

VIEW ARCHIVE
Protestant coalition sues over ICE arrests at churches

Evangelical Lutherans, Quakers, Baptists, independents

Arrest of two nuns at railway station roils Indian politics

Held on charges of human trafficking, religious conversion

DDF allows private devotion for alleged apparitions

Italian man claims he's received Marian visions since '09

Talitha Kum: Pray & advocate for trafficking victims

70% of which are women & children, and 1 in 4 is a child

Vietnamese Catholics head to MO for Marian pilgrimage

Started in 1978 for the 'boat people' to gather, give thanks

Cardinal Parolin reiterates call for Palestinian state

Says in Gaza the 'new weapon being used is starvation'

VIEW ARCHIVE

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The New Oxford Blog

A Catholic 'No' to Freebies

July 30th 2025 11:30 AM

Governors Kathy Hochul of New York and Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania have announced they are providing free breakfasts to all…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Intellectual Engagement

July 29th 2025 12:04 PM

“Everyone has their own religion.” So said my mother, a thoroughly Irish Catholic. What was I to make of it?…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Liturgics & Vesting Prayers

July 28th 2025 11:41 AM

The July-August NOR features my article "Two Immediate Threats to Contemporary Liturgics." In it, my thesis is that three disciplines…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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Topics

From the NOR Dossiers
Biblical Scholarship & Controversies

Which Church Is the Real Bible Church?... The Jesus Seminar: Making Uncomplicated Things Complicated... The Ineffectual Jesus of the Jesus Seminar... more

VIEW DOSSIER
Revert's Rostrum by Casey Chalk

Learning the Meaning of Longsuffering... Humanae Vitae: A Manual for Better Sex?... The Strange Magnetism of Virtual Fisticuffs... and more

VIEW DOSSIER
Travelogues

Freak Bus Across Afghanistan... The Divine Life of St. Nazianz... Postcards from the Ruins of a Christian Civilization... 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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