There is no bigger question for Catholics today than this: Why should anyone become or remain Catholic?

The Diocese of Paterson, N.J., argues that the change “will cause severe and substantial disruption to the lives and religious freedoms” of the priests as well as the hundreds of thousands of Catholics they serve.

A Reflection for Thursday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by J.D. Long García

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Valerie Schultz

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church, by Rachel Lu

This Labor Day, may we recognize all the laborers in the Lord’s vineyard and embrace them for who they truly are—our brothers and sisters.

A Reflection for Monday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time, by Kevin Christopher Robles

Jason Blakely’s new book, “Lost in Ideology,” is “quite simply the best guide to today’s dominant ideologies,” writes William Cavanaugh. “Blakely is concise, sympathetic, insightful, critical and fair.”

“Newsies” is the rare family-friendly musical that also serves as thematically appropriate Labor Day viewing.

In the United States, the Jesuits have provided striking examples of what solidarity and upholding the rights of workers looks like in an industrial economy.