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The Way Jesuits Used to Be

A quarter century later, I shudder to think at the whiny, undisciplined, anarchic creature I could have become but for that gruff old priest.

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Why Cormac McCarthy Stands Alone Among Novelists

He saw the enduring presence of Christ — or, more exactly, Jesus and Mary — and the reliability of the promises implicit in the Incarnation,…

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Who Murdered Christendom?

“The Western World,” Wilhelmsen writes, is “the shrunken husk of what was once Christendom, wracked from within by doubts and betrayals.”

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Gaza war is hitting Christians in the Holy Land hard

Franciscan: Bethlehem is 'dead'; Jerusalem scarcely better

US bishops’ assistance to retired religious tops $1B

Nearly $28.2M was donated to the collection in 2024

Syracuse bishop takes on extra job of parish priest

At three churches, with parochial vicar & a retired priest

Iraq: Mother of Persecuted Christians shrine to open

Marian shrine in Nineveh Plains will be 7th such worldwide

Association of Hebrew Catholics launches in Israel

Gives cultural support for Jewish converts to Catholicism

Tokyo cardinal: Migrant Catholics are missionaries

Sees Filipinos in rural Japan as an evangelizing force

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Gaza war is hitting Christians in the Holy Land hard

Franciscan: Bethlehem is 'dead'; Jerusalem scarcely better

US bishops’ assistance to retired religious tops $1B

Nearly $28.2M was donated to the collection in 2024

Syracuse bishop takes on extra job of parish priest

At three churches, with parochial vicar & a retired priest

Iraq: Mother of Persecuted Christians shrine to open

Marian shrine in Nineveh Plains will be 7th such worldwide

Association of Hebrew Catholics launches in Israel

Gives cultural support for Jewish converts to Catholicism

Tokyo cardinal: Migrant Catholics are missionaries

Sees Filipinos in rural Japan as an evangelizing force

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

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

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Federalizing Washington DC Law Enforcement

By John M. Grondelski
August 12th 2025 12:53 PM

President Trump’s announcement to enhance federal control of policing in Washington DC to fight crime in the nation’s capital is welcome. Talking heads insist that…

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On Curiosity

By James Hanink
August 12th 2025 12:09 PM

“What? Curiosity is a sin”? I waited quietly. “Nonsense,” says my dear wife. “I won’t bother reading any more of this blather.” My response: “Well,…

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Fatherhood, Adoption, & Inheritance

By John M. Grondelski
August 11th 2025 12:27 PM

"Almighty ever-living God, whom, taught by the Holy Spirit, we dare to call our Father, bring, we pray, to perfection in our hearts the spirit…

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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

The Way Jesuits Used to Be

A quarter century later, I shudder to think at the whiny, undisciplined, anarchic creature I could have become but for that gruff old priest.

READ ARTICLE
Why Cormac McCarthy Stands Alone Among Novelists

He saw the enduring presence of Christ — or, more exactly, Jesus and Mary — and the reliability of the promises implicit in the Incarnation,…

READ ARTICLE
Who Murdered Christendom?

“The Western World,” Wilhelmsen writes, is “the shrunken husk of what was once Christendom, wracked from within by doubts and betrayals.”

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Gaza war is hitting Christians in the Holy Land hard

Franciscan: Bethlehem is 'dead'; Jerusalem scarcely better

US bishops’ assistance to retired religious tops $1B

Nearly $28.2M was donated to the collection in 2024

Syracuse bishop takes on extra job of parish priest

At three churches, with parochial vicar & a retired priest

Iraq: Mother of Persecuted Christians shrine to open

Marian shrine in Nineveh Plains will be 7th such worldwide

Association of Hebrew Catholics launches in Israel

Gives cultural support for Jewish converts to Catholicism

Tokyo cardinal: Migrant Catholics are missionaries

Sees Filipinos in rural Japan as an evangelizing force

VIEW ARCHIVE
Gaza war is hitting Christians in the Holy Land hard

Franciscan: Bethlehem is 'dead'; Jerusalem scarcely better

US bishops’ assistance to retired religious tops $1B

Nearly $28.2M was donated to the collection in 2024

Syracuse bishop takes on extra job of parish priest

At three churches, with parochial vicar & a retired priest

Iraq: Mother of Persecuted Christians shrine to open

Marian shrine in Nineveh Plains will be 7th such worldwide

Association of Hebrew Catholics launches in Israel

Gives cultural support for Jewish converts to Catholicism

Tokyo cardinal: Migrant Catholics are missionaries

Sees Filipinos in rural Japan as an evangelizing force

VIEW ARCHIVE

The Narthex

The New Oxford Blog

Federalizing Washington DC Law Enforcement

August 12th 2025 12:53 PM

President Trump’s announcement to enhance federal control of policing in Washington DC to fight crime in the nation’s capital is…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

On Curiosity

August 12th 2025 12:09 PM

“What? Curiosity is a sin”? I waited quietly. “Nonsense,” says my dear wife. “I won’t bother reading any more of…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Fatherhood, Adoption, & Inheritance

August 11th 2025 12:27 PM

"Almighty ever-living God, whom, taught by the Holy Spirit, we dare to call our Father, bring, we pray, to perfection…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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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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