Video -- Vatican Rebuke: Are U.S. Nuns Promoting 'Radical Feminist Themes?' [1]

Editorial -- The Vatican is reining in the leadership conference of American Catholic nuns. That seems a misreading of the very fine work [2] done by nuns across the nation.

Connecticut -- Catholic activists pushing politicians to turn tide against the death penalty [3]

Commentary -- Sex abuse inquiry will find the Catholic Church has been fair [4] by Archbishop Denis Hart of Melbourne, Australia

Paul Ryan Questions Catholic Bishops’ Opposition To His Budget [5]

Violence Erodes Fragile Syrian Cease-Fire [6]

The Catholic priest who discovered he was a Jew [7] and came to Israel, where he found ultra-Orthodox relatives, a mixed welcome at a kibbutz ulpan and a confrontation with the Law of Return.

Complaint filed with IRS accuses diocese of intervening in political campaign [8]

NCR's sister publication, Celebration, posts reflections on each day's Scripture reading. Here's a link: celebrationpublications.org/dailybread. [9]You may want to bookmark it. It's a great way to begin the day.