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DDF publishes procedures for return of SSPX priests

And provides for evaluation of laity on case-by-case basis

DDF's SSPX documents sift imputability, culpability

To aid local bishops in effectively containing schism

Cardinals, bishop urge Poland, Ukraine to cool rhetoric

Appeal for peace & Christian unity amid rising tensions

Nicaraguan police detain bishop emeritus again

80-year-old prayed for the persecuted Church at Mass

Pope to spend July 4 with migrants on Lampedusa

Will celebrate Mass, visit tombs of Africans who died at sea

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Due to 700K Americans there; touts new embassy build

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John LaFarge & Interracial Justice

He was a major 20th-century figure devoted to freeing the U.S. Catholic Church from the sin of racism and the black American from the fetters…

READ ARTICLE
Motives of Credibility: Holiness

Because the Church is the Body of Christ, the sins of the faithful are a deviation from her Christ-originating holiness. They obscure but cannot eliminate…

READ ARTICLE
The Struggle for Power in the Middle East

Neocons have completely discredited U.S. foreign policy, the ideals of Western democracy, the notion of an international community, and the body of international law.

READ ARTICLE

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MORNING MUST-READS
DDF publishes procedures for return of SSPX priests

And provides for evaluation of laity on case-by-case basis

DDF's SSPX documents sift imputability, culpability

To aid local bishops in effectively containing schism

Cardinals, bishop urge Poland, Ukraine to cool rhetoric

Appeal for peace & Christian unity amid rising tensions

Nicaraguan police detain bishop emeritus again

80-year-old prayed for the persecuted Church at Mass

Pope to spend July 4 with migrants on Lampedusa

Will celebrate Mass, visit tombs of Africans who died at sea

Huckabee: Israel is '436th congressional district of U.S.'

Due to 700K Americans there; touts new embassy build

VIEW ARCHIVE
DDF publishes procedures for return of SSPX priests

And provides for evaluation of laity on case-by-case basis

DDF's SSPX documents sift imputability, culpability

To aid local bishops in effectively containing schism

Cardinals, bishop urge Poland, Ukraine to cool rhetoric

Appeal for peace & Christian unity amid rising tensions

Nicaraguan police detain bishop emeritus again

80-year-old prayed for the persecuted Church at Mass

Pope to spend July 4 with migrants on Lampedusa

Will celebrate Mass, visit tombs of Africans who died at sea

Huckabee: Israel is '436th congressional district of U.S.'

Due to 700K Americans there; touts new embassy build

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Don't Let MSG Fool You

July 3rd 2026 1:03 PM

Monosodium glutamate, or MSG, was in just about everything at the Chinese restaurants I went to growing up. The idea…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

A Nation Needs Virtue

July 3rd 2026 11:49 AM

Freedom fails when citizens demand the benefits of ordered liberty while refusing the virtue that gives liberty its moral spine.…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Dvořák, Gaudí and 'the Family in the Woods'

July 2nd 2026 11:43 AM

Yesterday I was absorbed in listening to Antonín Dvořák's Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104. It was the 1970…

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On Man’s Many Attempts to “Kill Death”… Breaking the Species Barrier… Human Alienation & Our Biotech Future… and more

VIEW DOSSIER
Neoconservatism

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

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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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