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The Parental Rights in Education: Who Cares?

Saying parents have the primary right to educate their children -- as says Catholic social teaching -- flies in the face of prevailing assumptions to…

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Transitioning Back to Sanity

Pharmaceutical giants, healthcare providers, insurance companies — they all stand to profit from the proliferation of what’s labeled "gender-affirming care."

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Briefly Reviewed: March 2025

Here we review Resistance from the Right: Conservatives & the Campus Wars in Modern America, by Lauren Lassabe Shepherd.

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L’Osservatore Romano runs front-page piece + two pages

China adds restrictions on foreigners' religious activity

Separate liturgies from natives; limit on books brought in

Supreme Court hears arguments on Medicaid & PP

Whether states have authority to set eligibility rules

KY Ten Commandments monument: Back to capitol

Lawmakers: 2002 court decision is 'no longer good law'

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Fátima shrine will not alter its giant Rupnik mosaic

Unlike Lourdes; but it has suspended use of the image

Protests in Nigerian diocese call for end to abductions

'Strangers are coming into our land and terrorizing us'

Vatican marks 20th anniv. of St. JPII’s death with Mass

L’Osservatore Romano runs front-page piece + two pages

China adds restrictions on foreigners' religious activity

Separate liturgies from natives; limit on books brought in

Supreme Court hears arguments on Medicaid & PP

Whether states have authority to set eligibility rules

KY Ten Commandments monument: Back to capitol

Lawmakers: 2002 court decision is 'no longer good law'

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John Paul II: An Intellectual Journey

By John M. Grondelski
April 2nd 2025 8:54 PM

Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of Pope St. John Paul II. I miss him. John Paul was foundational in my life as…

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Random Ruminations #23

By John M. Grondelski
April 1st 2025 12:32 PM

April 1 … is more than “April Fool’s Day.” It’s the end of the first quarter of the year. Ninety days of 2025 down. Last…

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Where Is the Church? Who Is God?

By James Hanink
March 31st 2025 11:39 AM

“What a difference a day makes,” sang Dinah Washington. And why? Because “24 little hours / Brought the sun and the flowers / Where there…

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Front & Center

The Parental Rights in Education: Who Cares?

Saying parents have the primary right to educate their children -- as says Catholic social teaching -- flies in the face of prevailing assumptions to…

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Transitioning Back to Sanity

Pharmaceutical giants, healthcare providers, insurance companies — they all stand to profit from the proliferation of what’s labeled "gender-affirming care."

READ ARTICLE
Briefly Reviewed: March 2025

Here we review Resistance from the Right: Conservatives & the Campus Wars in Modern America, by Lauren Lassabe Shepherd.

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Fátima shrine will not alter its giant Rupnik mosaic

Unlike Lourdes; but it has suspended use of the image

Protests in Nigerian diocese call for end to abductions

'Strangers are coming into our land and terrorizing us'

Vatican marks 20th anniv. of St. JPII’s death with Mass

L’Osservatore Romano runs front-page piece + two pages

China adds restrictions on foreigners' religious activity

Separate liturgies from natives; limit on books brought in

Supreme Court hears arguments on Medicaid & PP

Whether states have authority to set eligibility rules

KY Ten Commandments monument: Back to capitol

Lawmakers: 2002 court decision is 'no longer good law'

VIEW ARCHIVE
Fátima shrine will not alter its giant Rupnik mosaic

Unlike Lourdes; but it has suspended use of the image

Protests in Nigerian diocese call for end to abductions

'Strangers are coming into our land and terrorizing us'

Vatican marks 20th anniv. of St. JPII’s death with Mass

L’Osservatore Romano runs front-page piece + two pages

China adds restrictions on foreigners' religious activity

Separate liturgies from natives; limit on books brought in

Supreme Court hears arguments on Medicaid & PP

Whether states have authority to set eligibility rules

KY Ten Commandments monument: Back to capitol

Lawmakers: 2002 court decision is 'no longer good law'

VIEW ARCHIVE

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John Paul II: An Intellectual Journey

April 2nd 2025 8:54 PM

Today is the 20th anniversary of the death of Pope St. John Paul II. I miss him. John Paul was…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Random Ruminations #23

April 1st 2025 12:32 PM

April 1 … is more than “April Fool’s Day.” It’s the end of the first quarter of the year. Ninety…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Where Is the Church? Who Is God?

March 31st 2025 11:39 AM

“What a difference a day makes,” sang Dinah Washington. And why? Because “24 little hours / Brought the sun and…

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'Goodbye, Good Men' & U.S. Seminaries

Picking on the Average Joe Who Stood Up for the Little Guys... U.S. Seminaries: Condition Stabilized... Killing the Messenger... more

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Literature & Literary Criticism

Is Modern Man Too Healthy for Literature?... Flannery O'Connor & the Representation of Mystery... Reading as Sacrament... 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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