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Death & Eternal Life According to Ratzinger
Originally written in German in 1977 as volume nine in the Dogmatic Theology series, Eschatology was first translated into English in 1988 and published by the Catholic University of America Press. A total...
READ MORELetter to the Editor: February 2008
Regarding your October 2007 Editorial and your fundraising appeal in response to the postal rate hikes, I would willingly pay the full online/print combo subscription rate ($29) for an online-only subscription...
READ MORELetter to the Editor: October 2009
The July-August issue is why I subscribe to the NOR. The interview with Fr. John Corapi is precious and ought to be read by all. The succeeding New Oxford Note on Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland reveals...
READ MORELetter to the Editor: September 2009
Your New Oxford Note “Condom Worshipers & Their Perennial Bogeyman” (May) reminded me of an exceptional experience I had last March while traveling on the French island of Corsica. Occasionally...
READ MOREA Married Priesthood: Why Not?
One of the more enduring aspects of the secular media and dinner-party dogmaticians is an inability to understand that there is a coherent reason for Catholic teachings. To a large extent this ignorance...
READ MOREBriefly: June 2010
You can judge this book by its cover — or at least by its title. Whenever evolution is situated in opposition to “creationism,” it signals that this most profound drama has suffered a mutation...
READ MOREOn the Plausibility of God
There are two schools of thought about whether atheism is advancing throughout the world. One points to the abundance of books recently published to explain and promote atheism. Further, atheism has found...
READ MORENot Over the Hump Yet
As most readers know, since last November we have been trying to raise $165,000 to restore order to our financial house and prepare for the inevitable losses we will suffer this year publishing an independent...
READ MORELetter to the Editor: January-February 2010
Although I am not a Catholic, I have been reading and profiting from the NOR for quite a long time. As a conservative Christian, I find I have more in common with orthodox Catholics than with my own liberal...
READ MORELetter to the Editor: July-August 2012
Eric Brende’s review of George Prochnik’s In Pursuit of Silence (May) is a witty but serious contribution to a neglected area of study that merits revisiting by serious students of civilization...
READ MORELetter to the Editor: April 2007
I would like to commend Carmelo Fallace for his efforts at matching interested NOR readers with one another for discussion and fellowship. I live in Tallahassee, Fla., and knew of no other NOR readers...
READ MORECan Nice Guys Finish First?
Former baseball manager Leo Durocher is quoted as having said that “nice guys finish last.” Growing up during the 1950s this is what many of us believed. In places like Eastern Europe, the...
READ MORELetter to the Editor: March 2013
The December issue of the NOR was outstanding, though hardly atypical for a journal that manages, month in and month out, to serve up spiritual fare with literary flair. Clement Mulloy’s memorable...
READ MORELetter to the Editor: July-August 2013
Charles A. Coulombe may have made some insightful comments in his assessment of Roger Cardinal Mahony and his legacy (“Mahony Unbound,” May), but as an Angelino, I take exception to his snide...
READ MOREWelcome to the Battlefield
If you’ve never heard of Ross Douthat, let us introduce you. Douthat, the lone New York Times columnist who speaks and understands the language of the Church, is the unanimous winner of the 2015...
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