Two poems from 'The Collected Poems of Denise Levertov,' who is profiled by Edwin Block Jr. in the August 4-11, 2014, issue of 'America.'

Buried in the depths of a great fish caught in the darkness of the sea and perhaps never to see the light of day again the Prophet Jonah cried out ldquo Out of my distress I called to the Lord and He answered me From the midst of the netherworld I cried for help and You heard my voice rdquo

Sex abuse survivor told pope 'how awful it is when there is no justice, no one listening.'

Thomas H. Smolich, outgoing president of the U.S. Jesuit Conference, to be the next director

Here 39 s an AP lead you don 39 t see every day nbsp Members of Congress are falling over one another to show their support for Israel nbsp While much of the rest of the world watches the Gaza war in horror and scrambles for a cease-fire U S lawmakers are pressing the Obama administration to t

Pope Francis is well known for his early resistance to Liberation Theology Less well known is his vocal critique of capitalism following the Argentinian debt crisis of 2002 This week thanks to the U S courts Argentina may undergo its second debt default in a decade While its impact on the debt

Priest and former Wall Street broker instructed Beltway public figures in the faith.

Bishops on root causes of the border crisis and the need to care for children and families

And then there were nine. Secretary of State John Kerry announced on July 28 that Turkmenistan has joined the State Department’s list of worst religious freedom offenders.The State Department’s “Countries of Particular Concern” list had remained static since 2006, when eight

Iraqi Christians brave heat to demand help from United Nations

On national tests a majority of fourth and eighth graders are not proficient in math.

In the first entry in the Bible Junkies Online Commentary on Galatians I discussed introductory matters concerning the founding of the churches to the Galatians the situation when Paul wrote to them when the letter might have been written and the type of letters which Paul wrote based on the com

Father Thomas Rosica C S B is a Canada-based Basilian priest and journalist He is Chief Executive Officer of Salt and Light Television Network consulter on the Vatican rsquo s Pontifical Council for Social Communications English-language assistant to the Holy See Press Office a member of the

The kingdom is as close as our five senses, if only we know how to see.

The Most Rev Frank Caggiano is bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bridgeport A Brooklyn native he graduated from Regis High School in 1977 and attended Yale University briefly before deciding to study for the priesthood He holds a B A in philosophy from Cathedral College and an M Div in th

Dale S Recinella is a lawyer and lay minister who serves on behalf of the Catholic bishops of Florida as Catholic Correctional Chaplain to Florida 39 s Death Row and Solitary Confinement population Together with his wife Dr Susan Recinella who is a psychologist specializing in mental illness

What movies, religious or secular, have helped you articulate what you believe and why?

Conflict between government and opposition forces causing food shortages and forced migration

Sometimes writing is like a cross-country road trip You 39 re heading on one road in a certain direction and then some interesting unexpected sight lures you on a detour The detour proves to be really good nbsp Recently while doing some research one source led me to another and eventually I

You must know this about the Pearl of Great Price nbsp Finding it is not fortuitous nbsp Indeed to discover it is to know that without it your life couldn rsquo t have been the same couldn rsquo t have been your life Here rsquo s how it happened for the brassy Broadway legend Elaine Stritch