When the metaphor of “war” infuses headlines, surfaces in conversations, and saturates all our minds, it can have a profound influence on the life of the church—often with unintended consequences.

It would be wonderful to live in a world where we don’t need to march because every child is protected from violence in the womb. But today there are still thousands of children sacrificed daily on the abortion “altars” of convenience.

Jordan Peterson has gained celebrity by offering strategies for coping with modernity. But his fellow Canadian, the Jesuit Bernard Lonergan, offered strategies that were more holistic in nature and incorporated the whole community.

Mel Gibson's past history of antisemitic remarks and behavior means holding him up as a leader is not only wrong, it’s dangerous.

Parents always think the world is going to hell in a hand basket, and their kids are the hapless passengers in the front. And parents are usually wrong, but not for the reasons they would think.

Our crisis of democracy is also a crisis of faith. A new group is making the case for politics informed by the Gospel and by Catholic social teaching.