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The Prolife Movement: Dead or Alive?

Natural Law theory is resilient and patient. It is unlikely that certain people will ever slough off their conviction that unborn babies are human beings…

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An Honest, Alternative U.S. History

'The American Venture' makes clear that the question of how being American relates to being Catholic is more challenging than many admit.

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Possessed by an Alien Philosophy

In our unconscious reactions, we too privilege the pronouncements of modern science and regard other types of knowledge as, at best, secondary.

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Pope, at Mass, exhorts the faithful of Equatorial Guinea

Says, 'Take the destiny of your nation into your own hands'

Equat. Guinea’s civil leaders urged to serve City of God

Papal address centers on Augustine's model of two cities

Dubuque diocesan clusters raise canonical questions

As Sunday Mass will be discontinued in half its churches

U.S. suffered more than 1.12M abortions in 2025

Actual figure higher, as it excludes interstate pill provision

Ex abortion clinic director exposes PP in new book

Mayra Rodríguez debuts message to Mexicans, Hispanics

French pathologist applies forensic science to relics

Has examined Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Francis, Joan of Arc

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Pope, at Mass, exhorts the faithful of Equatorial Guinea

Says, 'Take the destiny of your nation into your own hands'

Equat. Guinea’s civil leaders urged to serve City of God

Papal address centers on Augustine's model of two cities

Dubuque diocesan clusters raise canonical questions

As Sunday Mass will be discontinued in half its churches

U.S. suffered more than 1.12M abortions in 2025

Actual figure higher, as it excludes interstate pill provision

Ex abortion clinic director exposes PP in new book

Mayra Rodríguez debuts message to Mexicans, Hispanics

French pathologist applies forensic science to relics

Has examined Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Francis, Joan of Arc

VIEW ARCHIVE

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Just War Theory & the Iraq War

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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

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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

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Feminine Authority Refined & Reaffirmed

By Marcus Peter
April 22nd 2026 11:28 AM

Monica Migliorino Miller’s article, “The Meaning of Feminine Submission” (Jan.-Feb.), deserves a grateful and respectful hearing because she takes Scripture seriously at the very place…

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Beauty, Cults, and Advertising

By Jason Morgan
April 21st 2026 11:21 AM

A few days ago I was watching the boring stock market channel on TV in Japan when there appeared on the screen a commercial for…

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Sinking of the Titanic

By Marcus Peter
April 20th 2026 11:46 AM

On the night of April 14 and the early hours of April 15, 1912, the grandest ship on earth struck an iceberg in the North…

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Pope St. John Paul II

Kindred Spirits, Fellow Victors... The Pope as Playwright... Neither East nor West: On the Pope's Radical New Encyclical... 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 Prolife Movement: Dead or Alive?

Natural Law theory is resilient and patient. It is unlikely that certain people will ever slough off their conviction that unborn babies are human beings…

READ ARTICLE
An Honest, Alternative U.S. History

'The American Venture' makes clear that the question of how being American relates to being Catholic is more challenging than many admit.

READ ARTICLE
Possessed by an Alien Philosophy

In our unconscious reactions, we too privilege the pronouncements of modern science and regard other types of knowledge as, at best, secondary.

READ ARTICLE

In The News

MORNING MUST-READS
Pope, at Mass, exhorts the faithful of Equatorial Guinea

Says, 'Take the destiny of your nation into your own hands'

Equat. Guinea’s civil leaders urged to serve City of God

Papal address centers on Augustine's model of two cities

Dubuque diocesan clusters raise canonical questions

As Sunday Mass will be discontinued in half its churches

U.S. suffered more than 1.12M abortions in 2025

Actual figure higher, as it excludes interstate pill provision

Ex abortion clinic director exposes PP in new book

Mayra Rodríguez debuts message to Mexicans, Hispanics

French pathologist applies forensic science to relics

Has examined Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Francis, Joan of Arc

VIEW ARCHIVE
Pope, at Mass, exhorts the faithful of Equatorial Guinea

Says, 'Take the destiny of your nation into your own hands'

Equat. Guinea’s civil leaders urged to serve City of God

Papal address centers on Augustine's model of two cities

Dubuque diocesan clusters raise canonical questions

As Sunday Mass will be discontinued in half its churches

U.S. suffered more than 1.12M abortions in 2025

Actual figure higher, as it excludes interstate pill provision

Ex abortion clinic director exposes PP in new book

Mayra Rodríguez debuts message to Mexicans, Hispanics

French pathologist applies forensic science to relics

Has examined Thérèse of Lisieux, St. Francis, Joan of Arc

VIEW ARCHIVE

The Narthex

The New Oxford Blog

Feminine Authority Refined & Reaffirmed

April 22nd 2026 11:28 AM

Monica Migliorino Miller’s article, “The Meaning of Feminine Submission” (Jan.-Feb.), deserves a grateful and respectful hearing because she takes Scripture…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Beauty, Cults, and Advertising

April 21st 2026 11:21 AM

A few days ago I was watching the boring stock market channel on TV in Japan when there appeared on…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST

Sinking of the Titanic

April 20th 2026 11:46 AM

On the night of April 14 and the early hours of April 15, 1912, the grandest ship on earth struck…

READ MORE ON THIS BLOG POST
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Topics

From the NOR Dossiers
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

VIEW DOSSIER
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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