Motives of Credibility: Holiness

FROM CHRIST, BY HIS GRACE

KEEP HIGH-VOLTAGE CATHOLICISM ALIVE

SUBSCRIBE TODAY

Front & Center

The Ineffectual Jesus of the Jesus Seminar

What's missing from the Jesus Seminar is the same thing that's missing from the clamor for the ordination of women and for birth control: the…

READ ARTICLE
Quantum Mechanics, Transubstantiation & Why Aristotle Was Right After All

It’s time to admit that the philosophical tools commonly used to understand quantum mechanics — and reality itself — do not work.

READ ARTICLE
A Difficult Day

In a fit of inspiration, Dr. Pearson had added 15-minute appointments to the end of each day’s schedule. They were reserved for clients who needed…

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Cdl. Müller calls for Vatican response to SSPX schism

At consistory; proposes model for any seeking to reconcile

Cardinals, in consistory, discuss 'just war' doctrine

Place new focus on right to 'proportionate self-defense'

Armenians ‘frustrated’ with Vatican on Azerbaijan

Say 'caviar diplomacy' has trumped Christian solidarity

Pope Leo dismisses inactive schismatic Spanish priest

Who published manifesto calling Pope Francis a heretic

Spain: Social-media influencer priest quits ministry

Ex-missionary rose to fame as singer, amassed followers

Iran conflict is most unpopular war in U.S. history

Polling shows Trump blunder as worse than Vietnam

VIEW ARCHIVE
Cdl. Müller calls for Vatican response to SSPX schism

At consistory; proposes model for any seeking to reconcile

Cardinals, in consistory, discuss 'just war' doctrine

Place new focus on right to 'proportionate self-defense'

Armenians ‘frustrated’ with Vatican on Azerbaijan

Say 'caviar diplomacy' has trumped Christian solidarity

Pope Leo dismisses inactive schismatic Spanish priest

Who published manifesto calling Pope Francis a heretic

Spain: Social-media influencer priest quits ministry

Ex-missionary rose to fame as singer, amassed followers

Iran conflict is most unpopular war in U.S. history

Polling shows Trump blunder as worse than Vietnam

VIEW ARCHIVE

Topics

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
Biotechnology & Posthumanism

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

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.

SUBSCRIBE

The Narthex

THE NEW OXFORD BLOG
View more NOR Blog topics

Wearing a Wire

By Jason Morgan
June 29th 2026 12:00 PM

Wearing a wire was a staple of the old crime shows on television. A ne’er-do-well who had turned state’s witness would agree to have a…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

'Empty Shell' Marriages

By John M. Grondelski
June 26th 2026 11:20 AM

The New York Times likes occasionally to run articles about “gray divorce,” i.e., the phenomenon of people 50+ splitting up. Case in point: its approving…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Time, God and Change 1

By Robert Kurland
June 24th 2026 11:23 AM

"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
TAKE A STAND
AGAINST LUKEWARM CATHOLIC JOURNALISM

SUPPORT NOR TODAY

SUBSCRIBE

Thinkers & Players

EXPLORE THE BRIGHT LIGHTS OF THE CHURCH

Pope Benedict XVI

Is Benedict to Blame?... Sex, Lies & Dossiers: The Vatican at the Crossroads... The Kasper-Ratzinger Debate... more

Pope Leo XIV

Farewell, Francis. Hello, Leo XIV... Leo XIV: A Rough Sketch... more

Shakespeare

The Catholic Dramatist in a Protestant Land... An Academic Undoes the Renaissance... Shelter From the Storm... 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.

SUBSCRIBE

Front & Center

The Ineffectual Jesus of the Jesus Seminar

What's missing from the Jesus Seminar is the same thing that's missing from the clamor for the ordination of women and for birth control: the…

READ ARTICLE
Quantum Mechanics, Transubstantiation & Why Aristotle Was Right After All

It’s time to admit that the philosophical tools commonly used to understand quantum mechanics — and reality itself — do not work.

READ ARTICLE
A Difficult Day

In a fit of inspiration, Dr. Pearson had added 15-minute appointments to the end of each day’s schedule. They were reserved for clients who needed…

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Cdl. Müller calls for Vatican response to SSPX schism

At consistory; proposes model for any seeking to reconcile

Cardinals, in consistory, discuss 'just war' doctrine

Place new focus on right to 'proportionate self-defense'

Armenians ‘frustrated’ with Vatican on Azerbaijan

Say 'caviar diplomacy' has trumped Christian solidarity

Pope Leo dismisses inactive schismatic Spanish priest

Who published manifesto calling Pope Francis a heretic

Spain: Social-media influencer priest quits ministry

Ex-missionary rose to fame as singer, amassed followers

Iran conflict is most unpopular war in U.S. history

Polling shows Trump blunder as worse than Vietnam

VIEW ARCHIVE
Cdl. Müller calls for Vatican response to SSPX schism

At consistory; proposes model for any seeking to reconcile

Cardinals, in consistory, discuss 'just war' doctrine

Place new focus on right to 'proportionate self-defense'

Armenians ‘frustrated’ with Vatican on Azerbaijan

Say 'caviar diplomacy' has trumped Christian solidarity

Pope Leo dismisses inactive schismatic Spanish priest

Who published manifesto calling Pope Francis a heretic

Spain: Social-media influencer priest quits ministry

Ex-missionary rose to fame as singer, amassed followers

Iran conflict is most unpopular war in U.S. history

Polling shows Trump blunder as worse than Vietnam

VIEW ARCHIVE

The Narthex

The New Oxford Blog

Wearing a Wire

June 29th 2026 12:00 PM

Wearing a wire was a staple of the old crime shows on television. A ne’er-do-well who had turned state’s witness…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

'Empty Shell' Marriages

June 26th 2026 11:20 AM

The New York Times likes occasionally to run articles about “gray divorce,” i.e., the phenomenon of people 50+ splitting up.…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Time, God and Change 1

June 24th 2026 11:23 AM

"What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
ARE YOU READY FOR
CATHOLICISM
WITH A BACKBONE?

Topics

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
Biotechnology & Posthumanism

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

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.

SUBSCRIBE