Morning Briefing
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.
