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New Oxford Review The New Oxford Review is a Catholic magazine that explores ideas concerning faith and culture. Under the patronage of St. James V. Stanley L. George A.

The NEW OXFORD REVIEW is an orthodox Catholic magazine that explores ideas concerning faith and culture. Vincent Pallotti, the NOR publishes 10 issues a year (monthly except for combined January-February and July-August issues), both in print and online. The NOR was founded in 1977 as an Anglo-Catholic magazine in the Anglican tradition, taking its name from the 19th-century Oxford Movement. Inspi

red by the Movement’s leading luminary, St. John Henry Newman, and the dynamic papacy of St. John Paul II, the NOR converted to Roman Catholicism in 1983. The NOR addresses all the challenges facing Holy Mother Church in our time and does so with unswerving loyalty to her Magisterium. Over the years, some of the leading Christian thinkers have contributed to our effort to shine the light of faith in an increasingly hostile world, including Fr. Schall, Peter Kreeft, Germain Grisez, Fr. Jaki, Robert Coles, Russell Shaw, Stanley Hauerwas, Msgr. Kelly, Thomas Molnar, and many others. The NOR continues to present the brightest minds in Catholic journalism. Each issue is packed with intellectual vibrancy, a wide array of topics, and zeal for Christ. The NEW OXFORD REVIEW: At the nexus of faith and reason. The NOR is a nonprofit religious organization and has 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service.

This weekend's feature from the Archives by Larry Silva, now Bishop of Honolulu: The priest is a living reminder that it...
08/01/2025

This weekend's feature from the Archives by Larry Silva, now Bishop of Honolulu: The priest is a living reminder that it is Christ, made visible sacramentally in the "icon" of the priest, who calls the Church into being in the celebration of the Eucharist.

As I looked over the plans for a new church one day recently, I noticed that the presidential chair, from which the priest presides over the liturgy, was located in the midst of the assembly. While it was distinct from the other seats in form, it did not have any distinction of place. Instinctively,...

Pope Leo XIV has “confirmed the affirmative opinion of the Plenary Session of Cardinals and Bishops, Members of the Dica...
07/31/2025

Pope Leo XIV has “confirmed the affirmative opinion of the Plenary Session of Cardinals and Bishops, Members of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, regarding the title of Doctor of the Universal Church, which will soon be conferred on Saint John Henry Newman.”

Pope Leo paves the way for St John Henry Newman to be formally declared a “Doctor of the Church”.

From the July-August 2025 issue by Will Hoyt: Cormac McCarthy is as comfortable “speaking” Catholic tropes as he is gift...
07/31/2025

From the July-August 2025 issue by Will Hoyt: Cormac McCarthy is as comfortable “speaking” Catholic tropes as he is gifted at discerning cultural trends destined to key the age we live in now. He is the best, most reliably Catholic literary artist this country has produced since Flannery O’Connor.

I came late to Cormac, probably because, having fallen under the spell of Robert Stone in my early 20s after reading Dog Soldiers (his 1971 novel about a war correspondent in Vietnam who runs afoul of a drug cartel after trying to smuggle Asian he**in into Oakland, Calif.), I was predisposed to doub...

From the Archives by Lauren A. King: Jesus' empty tomb and repeated appearances eventually convinced the at first incred...
07/31/2025

From the Archives by Lauren A. King: Jesus' empty tomb and repeated appearances eventually convinced the at first incredulous disciples and sent them forth to boldly proclaim the Gospel.

Two events recorded in history — among many others — may be confidently accepted as having actually happened: the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, and the emergence and triumphant growth of the missionary/martyr Church. Missionary because to grow as it did — in the boast of Tertullian, to conquer ...

From the July-August 2025 issue by Inez Fitzgerald Storck: The biblical account presents a totally radical worldview in ...
07/30/2025

From the July-August 2025 issue by Inez Fitzgerald Storck: The biblical account presents a totally radical worldview in contrast to ancient pagan civilizations and their errors -- and from modern renditions of those errors.

Monica Migliorino Miller invites us to a feast, a celebration of the goodness and intelligibility of creation, the beauty of human sexuality, and the sublime destiny of the human person working in collaboration with God to achieve salvation. These form the content of the first three chapters of Gene...

From the July-August 2025 issue: He is a shining example of unwavering dedication to the Church, a beacon of hope for th...
07/29/2025

From the July-August 2025 issue: He is a shining example of unwavering dedication to the Church, a beacon of hope for those navigating the complexities of faith in the modern world.

The Catholic Church lost one of her most courageous and articulate defenders of the contemporary era when James Likoudis died this past September at the age of 95.

From the Archives by the late, great Dale Vree: While talk of divisions in the U.S. Church has often been sketchy or ane...
07/29/2025

From the Archives by the late, great Dale Vree: While talk of divisions in the U.S. Church has often been sketchy or anecdotal, here we have 40-plus bishops who have joined together and put their views in writing.

Over the last couple of decades there’s been much talk about “divisions” in the U.S. Catholic Church. The New Oxford Review, which had been Anglican, became Roman Catholic in 1983. Although we’ve given strong support to Pope John Paul II, we were not greatly interested in addressing those di...

From the July-August 2025 issue by Edmund B. Miller: I don’t know how the Eucharist works, but I do find that it fits in...
07/28/2025

From the July-August 2025 issue by Edmund B. Miller: I don’t know how the Eucharist works, but I do find that it fits into a certain pattern — a pattern of history and science. It is a pattern of singularities, of small things appearing out of nowhere and becoming very big things. I think we can put the Eucharist in line with three critical moments in the history of our cosmos. We can call them critical moments of life.

About a month ago, I was in a casual conversation with a former student who said that though he accepts Christianity in most fundamental points, the Eucharist is a teaching about which he is still unsure. His exact wording was that he didn’t know “how that would work.” His comment set me to mu...

And then there were three...Archbishop Weisenburger's purge at Sacred Heart Seminary of those with the wrong "theologica...
07/26/2025

And then there were three...
Archbishop Weisenburger's purge at Sacred Heart Seminary of those with the wrong "theological perspectives" continues.

Ralph Martin appears on a December 2020 episode of “EWTN Live.” / Credit: EWTN National Catholic Register, Jul 25, 2025 / 13:53 pm (CNA). Prominent Catholic theologian Ralph Martin says Detroit’s new archbishop told him he fired him from the ar...

Archbishop Weisenburger wields the axe, chopping off two highly respected scholars, weeks after announcing that the Trad...
07/25/2025

Archbishop Weisenburger wields the axe, chopping off two highly respected scholars, weeks after announcing that the Traditional Latin Mass can no longer be celebrated in his archdiocese.

A chief provider and curator of Catholic information on the web since 1996. Our editorial voice, always faithful to the teachings of the Church, assists and inspires Catholic clergy and laity.

From the July-August 2025 issue by Andrew M. Seddon: Would you invite your friends, relatives, coworkers, or acquaintanc...
07/25/2025

From the July-August 2025 issue by Andrew M. Seddon: Would you invite your friends, relatives, coworkers, or acquaintances to a Vinegar Festival at the Church of St. Sourpuss?

White vinegar does an excellent job of cleaning the keys of my piano and the hoses of my CPAP machine. English fish and chips without the added tang of malt vinegar? Inconceivable! Balsamic vinaigrette salad dressing? Ladle it on.

From the July-August 2025 issue by Jason M. Morgan: We are caught in a new age of New Age, a time of technological idola...
07/24/2025

From the July-August 2025 issue by Jason M. Morgan: We are caught in a new age of New Age, a time of technological idolatry in which everyone is fighting in a spiritual war that so very few even realize is underway.

A few years ago, an old family friend called with some rather unusual news. Her daughter, who is about my age, had taken up a new career. She had been a small-business owner, running a perfectly respectable catering service and, apparently, doing rather well for herself. But a divorce had caused her...

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At the nexus of faith and reason

The NEW OXFORD REVIEW is an orthodox Catholic magazine that explores ideas concerning faith and culture. The NOR is published 10 times a year (monthly except for combined January-February and July-August issues). Published under the patronage of St. Vincent Pallotti, the NOR is read on every continent in the world. The NOR was founded in 1977 as an Anglo-Catholic magazine in the Anglican tradition, taking its name from the 19th-century Oxford Movement. Like the Movement’s leading luminary, John Henry Newman, the NOR converted to Roman Catholicism in 1983, inspired by the dynamic, thoughtful papacy of St. John Paul II. The NOR has earned a reputation for addressing head-on the full range of issues confronting Holy Mother Church, and doing so with unswerving loyalty to her Pope and Magisterium. Over the years, some of the leading Christian thinkers of our times have contributed to our effort to shine the light of faith in an increasingly hostile secular world, including Walker Percy, Sheldon Vanauken, Thomas Howard, Msgr. George A. Kelly, Bobby Jindal, Fr. Stanley L. Jaki, Peter Kreeft, Avery Cardinal Dulles, Germain Grisez, Fr. James V. Schall, John Lukacs, and many others. The NOR continues to present the brightest minds in Catholic journalism today. Each issue is packed with intellectual vibrancy and zeal for Christ.

The NOR is a nonprofit religious organization and has 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service.