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Morning Briefing

Dennis Coday  |  Sep. 6, 2012 NCR Today

Election 2012 -- Last night, the Democrats brought out the Big Dog from Arkansas to make their case, and, Lord, did he make it! [1]

Election 2012 -- Sr. Simone Campbell got what may have been the biggest media platform of her life on Wednesday night, when she addressed the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina [2]. But the Catholic nun had plenty of star power before that.

Transcript: At DNC, Simone Campbell echoes bishops: 'Ryan budget fails moral test' [3]

Catholic bishop says church's credibility on sexual abuse is 'shredded' [4]

Kansas City bishop, diocese now to be tried by judge on Thursday [5]

European churches call for a green economy [6]

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A former bookkeeper for the Little Sisters of the Poor has been sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $364,000 in restitution for embezzling money from the Roman Catholic religious order. [7]

Mansfield, Ohio -- Catholic Charities Hosting 4th Women's Financial Tool Kit [8]

Muslims are thriving in American Catholic colleges [9]

NCR's sister publication, Celebration, posts reflections on each day's Scripture reading. Here's a link: celebrationpublications.org/dailybread [10]. You may want to bookmark it. It's a great way to begin the day.


Source URL (retrieved on 05/20/2013 - 09:25): http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/morning-briefing-808

Links:
[1] http://ncronline.org/node/32067
[2] http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/09/05/catholic-nun-brings-her-star-power-to-dnc/comment-page-5/
[3] http://ncronline.org/node/32066
[4] http://ncronline.org/news/catholic-bishop-says-churchs-credibility-sexual-abuse-shredded
[5] http://ncronline.org/node/32064
[6] http://episcopaldigitalnetwork.com/ens/2012/09/05/european-churches-call-for-a-green-economy/
[7] http://www.kansas.com/2012/09/04/2475101/ky-woman-gets-27-months-for-embezzling.html
[8] http://www.wmfd.com/local-news/single.asp?story=51817
[9] http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-09-03/us/33562340_1_muslim-women-student-center-religious-identity
[10] http://celebrationpublications.org/dailybread