In his Day of Peace message on January 1, 1979, Pope Saint John Paul II said: “To everyone, Christians, believers, and men and women of good will, I say: Do not be afraid to take a chance on peace, to teach peace.” I decided to take his words seriously and teach an online course this summer for Catholic high-school students called The Hunger Games and Christian Nonviolence. Let me tell you why. After the first Hunger Games film came out, I wrote here about the reviews that appeared in the Catholic media. To recap, I noticed a troubling pattern: No … Continue reading The Hunger Games and Christian Non-Violence