In his elegy “In Memory of W. B. Yeats,” the British poet W. H. Auden says of the Irish poet, “He became his admirers.” That is the case with every writer when he or she dies. It is almost 17 years since the British-born American poet and Catholic convert Denise Levertov died

Two weeks after protesters in Murrieta, Calif., made national news by attempting to prevent busloads of mostly unaccompanied children from reaching an emergency detention facility, the bishops of California have issued a statement calling on Catholics to support these refugees. “These children

When Pope Francis visits South Korea on Aug. 14 to 18, he will find a Catholic Church that exemplifies much of what he hopes for the church around the world, including a highly active laity, extensive efforts to help the needy and strong relations with non-Christian communities. [America will provid

Prison of the future should educate inmates not just with job skills but in liberal arts.

On the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, introducing the master theologian to a new generation

As conflict rages in Gaza, confronting once again the “myth of religious violence”

Palestinians are too weak to induce Israel to make peace.

On July 17 the convicted murderer David Paul Hammer succeeded in an appeal against his death penalty sentence. A federal judge in Pennsylvania agreed to commute his sentence to life without parole. In April 1996 at a penitentiary in Allenwood, Pa., Hammer strangled his cellmate, 27-year-old Andrew H

The fate of the 1,700-year-old Christian community of Mosul in Iraq seems to have been sealed as the city’s remaining Christians, heeding a warning from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, fled the city on July 17. • The Knights of Columbus pledged $1.4 million on July 14 to help cover c

The following series of web interviews with American writers, priests, politicians, thinkers and other public figures represents a dialogue between Catholicism and various aspects of secular culture. Most of the interviewees are Catholic, but not all. Many of them are simply Catholics working in the

The late Bishop Tony Palmer sought to bring unity to the Body of Christ.

Holy Land bishops want “an immediate ceasefire” in Gaza.

New York N Y July 22 2014 - Father Matt Malone S J editor in chief of America announced today the appointment of America nbsp correspondents in Miami Chicago Los Angeles and Beijing This first round of appointments is the latest move in the most dramatic expansion of America 39 s domest

Paul Elie is an American Catholic writer literary critic and editor based in New York City He is a contributor to the Atlantic Commonweal and The New York Times and a senior research fellow with the Berkley Center for Religion Peace and World Affairs at Georgetown University He was previously

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Pope assures Christians in all of Iraq and the Middle East of his "constant prayers."

Scholars find link between Catholic schools and social cohesion, less crime.

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

USCCB chairmen respond to Obama's ‘unprecedented and extreme’ executive order.

Executive order expands protection for LGBT employees of federal contractors.