Some suggestions from the staff of America for summer reading: books old and new, long and short, funny and sad.

These are films that I find meaningful and believe resonate with our faith—particularly our call to love our L.G.B.T.Q. siblings and to uphold their human dignity.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, by Michael Simone, S.J.

A Reflection for Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time, by Zac Davis

Pope Francis reportedly used a homophobic slur to refer to a gay culture in the Vatican and warned it would not be prudent to admit young men with homosexual tendencies to seminaries.

Michael R. Lovell had been battling sarcoma, a rare form of cancer, for three years. He died June 9 in Italy while on a Jesuit formation pilgrimage with members of the Society of Jesus and the Jesuit university’s board of trustees.

Do you have to believe in God to go to church? I used to think so. But more agnostics should give religion a try.

A Reflection for Wednesday of the Tenth Week in Ordinary Time, by Simcha Fisher

Rupnik’s art was an expression of the abuse he perpetrated. And so, the message to Rupnik’s victims, intentional or not, is clear: Your feelings are wrong and less important than your abuser’s art.