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Morning Briefing

Dennis Coday  |  Aug. 7, 2012 NCR Today

Philippines -- Manila floods force 270,000 to flee [1]

Catholic Nuns Weigh Vatican Order [2]

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Maryland -- Catholic supporters of same-sex marriage to hold news conference [4]

Cebuano City, Philippines -- Where the Catholic vote is crucial [5]. Cebuanos turned out in droves to join the massive Anti-Reproductive Health (RH) bill prayer rally

Vatican Observatory director says Curiosity will expand human knowledge [6]

Press Release: Archbishop Denis Hart of the Archdiocese of Melbourne said today that Melbourne’s The Age newspaper was holding Catholicism up for ridicule [7]in an article published in The Age this morning.

Leon, Mexico -- The arrest of a man after a woman objected to him kissing his female companion in public has prompted a "kiss-in" protest in a conservative Mexican city. [8]

A PHILADELPHIA judge on Monday denied bail to Monsignor William Lynn, the Catholic priest who was sentenced last month to serve three to six years in state prison [9] for his role in enabling another priest to sexually abuse an altar boy.

Press Release: Sex abuse victims to protest outside nuns’ conference [10]

NCR's sister publication, Celebration, posts reflections on each day's Scripture reading. Here's a link: celebrationpublications.org/dailybread. [11]You may want to bookmark it. It's a great way to begin the day.


Source URL (retrieved on 05/23/2013 - 14:22): http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/morning-briefing-787

Links:
[1] http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/737fd172-e06e-11e1-9335-00144feab49a.html#axzz22rFEUeIH
[2] http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443517104577573441707630770.html
[3] http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/nuns-group-to-meet-here-amid-criticism-from-vatican/article_593aae98-57ef-5fd5-88fc-d90948233ffe.html
[4] http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/catholic-supporters-of-same-sex-marriage-to-hold-news-conference/2012/08/07/97c110ee-e057-11e1-8d48-2b1243f34c85_story.html
[5] http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=835483&publicationSubCategoryId=64
[6] http://www.uscatholic.org/news/2012/08/vatican-observatory-director-says-curiosity-will-expand-human-knowledge
[7] http://www.cathnews.com/uploads/doc/2012/08/Archbishop%20Hart%20protests%20Catholic%20ridicule.pdf
[8] http://www.theprovince.com/life/Kiss+protest/7050428/story.html
[9] http://www.philly.com/philly/hp/news_update/165215516.html
[10] http://www.snapnetwork.org/mo_sex_abuse_victims_to_protest_outside_nuns_conference
[11] http://celebrationpublications.org/dailybread