103,400 refugees flee Syria in a month as humanitarian crisis deteriorates [1]

Election 2012 -- Obama Plan Pares Deficit as Romney Pledges End Without the Means [2]

Election 2012 -- What to watch at the Democratic convention Tuesday [3]

Election 2012 -- Robert George in the Wall Street Journal: Cardinal Dolan Goes to Charlotte [4] The cardinal's presence confounds efforts by the abortion-rights and gay-marriage movements to stigmatize and marginalize those who refuse to fall into line.

Election 2012 -- U.S. Catholic Bishops Side With Dems, Not GOP, on Main Issues of 2012 [5] By Julie Leininger Pycior

Plan for Catholic Church Makes Waves in Bahrain [6] The uproar reflects the widening influence and confidence of hardline Sunni groups, who have been a key support for the monarchy as it faces a wave of protests led by Shiites demanding greater political rights.

Seattle Catholic school pins hopes on charter-style changes [7]

Tretnon and Camden, N.J. -- Catholic schools adapting to change [8]

Britian -- Guilty verdict for three Catholic peace activists [9] Had challenged the UK's nuclear weapons policy,

Rembering Martini: Italy mourns cardinal who said Catholic church was 200 years out of date [10]

35 years later, Voyager 1 is heading for the stars [11]

NCR's sister publication, Celebration, posts reflections on each day's Scripture reading. Here's a link: celebrationpublications.org/dailybread [12]. You may want to bookmark it. It's a great way to begin the day.