Former President Donald Trump on July 15 named Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance, a Catholic, as his running mate on the Republican ticket in November.

I think this moment offers us a bold challenge — calling on us to examine how we live, how we talk, how we engage on social media.

Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talked with Father Burke Masters of the Diocese of Joliet about his book, “Grand Slam for God.” Father Masters talks about his conversion to Catholicism in high school, and his journey through the College World Series and pro baseball along the way to discerning the call to the priesthood. Learn about his struggles and joys.

Catholic and civic leaders called for peace and unity in the hours after former President Donald Trump was grazed by a bullet and a spectator was killed July 13 in an assassination attempt during the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s campaign rally in Butler, Pa.

The pope reflected on the day’s Gospel reading from St. Mark (6:7-13) about the mission of the 12 disciples in which Jesus sent them out “two by two” and told them “to take nothing for the journey” but only what was necessary.