This decision offers Catholics—and indeed all Americans—a welcome opportunity to step away from the trenches of the culture war.

Apparently, just about everything contributes to gun mayhem in the United States—but not the 300 million guns themselves.

The news from Ireland and the United States reminds us of Herod, of Pharaoh. What culture betrays its children?

There is no way to meet the present challenge without a significant degree of real loss. But that does not mean these decisions have to be pitched as zero-sum battles.

Beyond relations with Iran and North Korea, the way Mr. Trump is wielding economic and military power will come with collateral costs.

Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at thousands of U.S. citizens. The demonstrations received little news coverage. That is because the protests did not happen in Oklahoma or West Virginia but in Puerto Rico.