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Pope to cardinals: Shift from maintenance to mission

Message ahead of extraordinary consistory in late June

Leo XIV heads to Cameroon after two days in Algeria

Where he met local Catholics, Islamic dignitaries -- photos

Cardinal Müller & more bishops unite behind Pope

Who is faithfully bearing witness to the Gospel of peace

Vance heckled over unjust war while discussing Pope

Man shouts, 'Jesus Christ does not support genocide'

Dubuque archdiocese halts Sunday Mass at 84 parishes

As attendance fell 46% in 20 years, no. of priests declines

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Jaegerstaetter's Witness

By James Thunder
April 15th 2026 11:58 AM

On August 9, 1943, Franz Jaegerstaetter was beheaded for refusing to serve in the German army. The March 2009 edition of New Oxford Review contains…

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Even before the thrilling movie 300 (2006), many Westerners were familiar with the even more thrilling history of the Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC). At…

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Front & Center

Why Catholic Orthodoxy Is Not 'Catholic Fundamentalism'

Catholic orthodoxy is not a middle spot between "models." Skepti­cism, revisionism, fundamentalism: these are deviations from the full truth.

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
The News You May Have Missed: March 2026

Sons of Thunder... Death Defying... The Hangman Cometh... Outlawned... A Stroll Down Penny Lane... Blazing Saddles... Stuffed Menace... and more

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In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Pope to cardinals: Shift from maintenance to mission

Message ahead of extraordinary consistory in late June

Leo XIV heads to Cameroon after two days in Algeria

Where he met local Catholics, Islamic dignitaries -- photos

Cardinal Müller & more bishops unite behind Pope

Who is faithfully bearing witness to the Gospel of peace

Vance heckled over unjust war while discussing Pope

Man shouts, 'Jesus Christ does not support genocide'

Dubuque archdiocese halts Sunday Mass at 84 parishes

As attendance fell 46% in 20 years, no. of priests declines

Chicago archdiocese, CPS spar over special ed services

Give conflicting accounts of how fed. funding dried up

VIEW ARCHIVE
Pope to cardinals: Shift from maintenance to mission

Message ahead of extraordinary consistory in late June

Leo XIV heads to Cameroon after two days in Algeria

Where he met local Catholics, Islamic dignitaries -- photos

Cardinal Müller & more bishops unite behind Pope

Who is faithfully bearing witness to the Gospel of peace

Vance heckled over unjust war while discussing Pope

Man shouts, 'Jesus Christ does not support genocide'

Dubuque archdiocese halts Sunday Mass at 84 parishes

As attendance fell 46% in 20 years, no. of priests declines

Chicago archdiocese, CPS spar over special ed services

Give conflicting accounts of how fed. funding dried up

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Jaegerstaetter's Witness

April 15th 2026 11:58 AM

On August 9, 1943, Franz Jaegerstaetter was beheaded for refusing to serve in the German army. The March 2009 edition…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Who's Xerxes Now?

April 14th 2026 11:07 AM

Even before the thrilling movie 300 (2006), many Westerners were familiar with the even more thrilling history of the Battle…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

The Polyvalence of Passion

April 13th 2026 11:53 AM

Of late, there is an epidemic of excitement. Commerce crackles with it. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry is, respectively, so…

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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

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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