America's editors on some books that might catch our readers' fancy in these final weeks of summer.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Clarke

Catholic social teaching is clear on the best tool to promote a just wage: organized labor.

Pope Francis addressed Portuguese bishops, priests, religious and pastoral workers after praying vespers at the Jerónimos Monastery in Lisbon Aug. 2, the first day of his trip to Portugal.

A Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, by Father Terrance Klein

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Seventeenth Week in Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long-García

On his arrival in Lisbon for World Youth Day, Aug. 2, Pope Francis issued a heartfelt plea for peace.

On the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, Arturo Sosa, S.J, the superior general of the order, had a candid conversation with six young pilgrims representing diverse continents and socio-economic backgrounds.

I spoke with friends who work with young people, and young people themselves, to get the hardest questions about God and religion.

Robert Schmuhl, professor emeritus of American studies at the University of Notre Dame, said that “as indictments and court cases against former President Trump increase, he becomes stronger with his supporters.”

An 84-year-old retired bishop of Albany, who has been accused of sexual abuse and has unsuccessfully sought to be removed from the priesthood, said Tuesday he recently married a woman in a civil ceremony.

Republican presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida traded barbs with a national pro-life group July 31 over comments he made on enacting abortion policy at the federal level.

When is the first time you pray during the day? For me, if it’s not when I wake up in the morning, it is at the beginning of my workday, with all my coworkers.

A Reflection for World Youth Day, by Ricardo da Silva, S.J.

Ten years ago on the flight back from his first World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, Pope Francis spoke these five simple words that reverberated around the world: “Who am I to judge?”

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has signed into law a bill moving the official observance of Christmas Day to Dec. 25 from Jan. 7, when Moscow and the Russian Orthodox Church mark the holiday.

A young Alabama Catholic priest placed under restriction by the Archdiocese of Mobile July 26, has been located in Italy, along with an 18-year-old woman with whom he had fled the country days earlier.

Pope Francis is embarking this week on a five-day trip to Portugal for World Youth Day. The big Catholic rally is aimed at galvanizing the young generations in their faith.

Neither Barbie nor Oppenheimer directly apologizes or asks for forgiveness, and neither can truly dismantle the damage they have done.