There’s a lot at stake in our country and in our church. We must learn from those with experience, but we must also prepare the next generation to take our place.

Georgetown professor Jacques Berlinerblau, an expert on secularism, argues Catholics should be wary of Louisiana’s new law requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in public classrooms.

“The Paradoxical Commandments” peal out a truth that no one wants to hear: Doing right is its own reward. And it was formulated by, of all people, a teenager.

We must call Americans back to the political vision that enabled us to become a free people.

What is needed, far more than a perfect abortion law, is a clear focus on the moral failure of a society in which abortion rates are rising rather than falling, in which too many women feel afraid, unable or unwilling to carry pregnancies to term and welcome new life into the world.

Efforts to restrict abortion have met with mixed results. So what should be the focus of the pro-life movement going forward?