On bloody day for Christians, martyr's heir urges 'witness for the weak' [1]

UK -- Catholic Education Service, which acts for Catholic bishops in England and Wales, wrote to every state-funded Catholic secondary school in England and Wales asking them to back a campaign against same-sex marriage. Now education officials are investigating if that breaks any laws. [2]

Melbourne, Australia -- Catholics told to 'embrace Twitter and Facebook' [3]

Durango, Colo. -- Immigrant group may lose as civil unions divide Catholics [4]

Co. Tyrone, Ireland -- The priest who accidentally showed pornographic images in a PowerPoint presentation to parents of a First Holy Communion class has been granted a temporary leave [5].

Madison, Wis. — Bishop Robert Morlino is trying to quell a backlash against some conservative priests in Platteville by warning parishioners that they risk the possibility of being barred from sacraments such as communion, confession and burial [6].

Dublin, Ireland -- A group of Catholic nuns, priests and lay people wore gags yesterday as they demonstrated outside the office of the Pope's envoy to Ireland [7]to protest at the Vatican's silencing of several dissident priests.

Letter to the editor -- Diocesan leaders and laity should collaborate on reopening of Catholic parishes [8] by Bob Kloos, former vice president of Endangered Catholics, Cleveland

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.