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We travel under the pretense of being receptive, really looking for what we think we already know. Yet we are occasionally genuinely surprised.

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Symposium on Catholics & American Political Life

The time is ripe to reconsider the trajectory of our nation, and how Catholics fit into it. To that end, we asked thinkers of different…

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Indiff’rent Strokes

In blurting out his opinion of the supposedly wonderful and God-gifted diversity of religions in a slapdash manner, Francis does great injustice to the Catholic…

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Pope urges Roman Curia members to go to Confession

Then 'blessed ourselves, let us bless others in turn'

Portuguese cardinal defends attending Communist rally

As chance to grow closer to those of a distant ideology

Trump names activist to be ambassador to Holy See

Brian Burch is president of influential CatholicVote org

Diocese of Columbus approves new Order of Widows

Widows of Prayer began in Diocese of Green Bay in 1994

Biden commutes sentences of 37 death-row prisoners

After recent telephone conversation with the Pope

Gaza Catholic parish preps for 2nd Christmas amid war

The parish children helped decorate the church’s tree

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Pope urges Roman Curia members to go to Confession

Then 'blessed ourselves, let us bless others in turn'

Portuguese cardinal defends attending Communist rally

As chance to grow closer to those of a distant ideology

Trump names activist to be ambassador to Holy See

Brian Burch is president of influential CatholicVote org

Diocese of Columbus approves new Order of Widows

Widows of Prayer began in Diocese of Green Bay in 1994

Biden commutes sentences of 37 death-row prisoners

After recent telephone conversation with the Pope

Gaza Catholic parish preps for 2nd Christmas amid war

The parish children helped decorate the church’s tree

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Do You Have a Right to Pray for Another?

By John M. Grondelski
December 23rd 2024 12:51 PM

“The Ethicist” is one of my favorite New York Times columns because it is insight into the “mind” of the woke. It is also the…

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May the Strength of God Pilot Us

By James Thunder
December 20th 2024 1:15 PM

My cousin John M. Frier, Jr. (1931-2016) was a 1953 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He and his wife Shirley, who died this…

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Gifts, Rightly Considered

By James Hanink
December 20th 2024 12:43 PM

If memory serves, and it sometimes does, the first bit of philosophy that I read was as a callow youth in a cushioned chair at…

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Front & Center

Snapshots from a Religious & Literary Pilgrimage

We travel under the pretense of being receptive, really looking for what we think we already know. Yet we are occasionally genuinely surprised.

READ ARTICLE
Symposium on Catholics & American Political Life

The time is ripe to reconsider the trajectory of our nation, and how Catholics fit into it. To that end, we asked thinkers of different…

READ ARTICLE
Indiff’rent Strokes

In blurting out his opinion of the supposedly wonderful and God-gifted diversity of religions in a slapdash manner, Francis does great injustice to the Catholic…

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Pope urges Roman Curia members to go to Confession

Then 'blessed ourselves, let us bless others in turn'

Portuguese cardinal defends attending Communist rally

As chance to grow closer to those of a distant ideology

Trump names activist to be ambassador to Holy See

Brian Burch is president of influential CatholicVote org

Diocese of Columbus approves new Order of Widows

Widows of Prayer began in Diocese of Green Bay in 1994

Biden commutes sentences of 37 death-row prisoners

After recent telephone conversation with the Pope

Gaza Catholic parish preps for 2nd Christmas amid war

The parish children helped decorate the church’s tree

VIEW ARCHIVE
Pope urges Roman Curia members to go to Confession

Then 'blessed ourselves, let us bless others in turn'

Portuguese cardinal defends attending Communist rally

As chance to grow closer to those of a distant ideology

Trump names activist to be ambassador to Holy See

Brian Burch is president of influential CatholicVote org

Diocese of Columbus approves new Order of Widows

Widows of Prayer began in Diocese of Green Bay in 1994

Biden commutes sentences of 37 death-row prisoners

After recent telephone conversation with the Pope

Gaza Catholic parish preps for 2nd Christmas amid war

The parish children helped decorate the church’s tree

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Do You Have a Right to Pray for Another?

December 23rd 2024 12:51 PM

“The Ethicist” is one of my favorite New York Times columns because it is insight into the “mind” of the…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

May the Strength of God Pilot Us

December 20th 2024 1:15 PM

My cousin John M. Frier, Jr. (1931-2016) was a 1953 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. He and his…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Gifts, Rightly Considered

December 20th 2024 12:43 PM

If memory serves, and it sometimes does, the first bit of philosophy that I read was as a callow youth…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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From the NOR Dossiers
America: History, Culture & Politics

Losing Our Religion… American Libidocracy… Twilight of the Idols… The Most Segregated Hour… This Land is Not Our Land… and more

VIEW DOSSIER
Economics & Catholic Social Teaching

Cooperation & Supernatural Brotherliness… What Does It Mean to “Serve Mammon”?... Why Consumerism Still Consumes Us… more

VIEW DOSSIER
Neoconservatism

Delusions of Grandeur... A Pox On Both Your Houses... What Is a Neoconservative & Does It Matter?... 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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