A man embraces his wife and daughter after crossing the Rio Grande near the border between Mexico and the United States in Del Rio, Texas. (Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images)

 

While people debate whether the United States has been a “Christian nation,” no one has ever claimed it has been a Catholic one. If the United States wants to address a serious threat to its long-term prosperity and social stability, it’s going to have to think (and live) like a Catholic one.

The problem is our accelerating demographic decline. Without “thinking like a Catholic,” America’s future doesn't look as good as it used to.