Election 2012 -- Trying to recover, Romney says he's poor Americans' best bet [1]

Myanmar's Suu Kyi meets Obama, receives medal from Congress [2]

Are Catholic Bishops Moving Toward The GOP? [3]

The Future Of Bishop Robert Finn [4]. NCR's own Joshua J. McElwee talks with the local NPR station about developments in the Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., diocese. 10 minutes.

Vatican helps launch church-approved ads for Catholic websites [5]

Philly prosecutors pan priest's polygraph [6]

New Zealand -- Catholic school fires science teacher who supported students' marriage equality campaign [7]

NEW YORK - A defrocked monsignor has sued the church for libel. [8] He says his accuser now admits to lying about abuse.

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.