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Morning Briefing

Dennis Coday  |  Oct. 5, 2012 NCR Today

Election 2012 -- Biden debate goal: Accuracy [1]

Election 2012 -- Mitt Romney pitches smaller government: Is his target realistic? [2]

Election 2012 -- A Catholic Case for the Reelection of President Obama [3] by Donald P. Kommers, professor of political science emeritus, Notre Dame Law School

Election 2012 -- Faith-linked issues guide some voters [4] A story of Catholic voters in Ohio.

Election 2012 -- Nuns On A Bus Invite Presidential Tickets To Ohio To Talk Poverty, But Neither Has Accepted [5]

Ohio nuns release anti-contraception video [6], posted on YouTube by The Children of Mary order

Vatican's doctrinal head: LCWR must not be 'anti-Rome' [7]

Vatican City: No more talks with Catholic rebel traditionalists, Vatican official says [8]

New SF archbishop jokes about DUI charge at installation [9]

Commentary by Patrick Wall: Bishops Gone Wild [10] Here is a list of management techniques deployed by the Holy See in recent history to snuff out scandal created by Bishops.

50 years of James Bond films [11] British secret agent James Bond, code named 007, made his first appearance on movie screens on October 5, 1962

Facebook Tops 1 Billion-User Mark [12] (Video report)

NCR's sister publication, Celebration, posts reflections on each day's Scripture reading. Here's a link: celebrationpublications.org/dailybread [13]. You may want to bookmark it. It's a great way to begin the day.

A priest sprinkles holy water on butterflies during the blessing of the animals Oct. 4 in Manila, Philippines. The blessing coincided with the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of animals. (CNS photo/Romeo Ranoco, Reuters) (Oct. 4, 2012)

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Links:
[1] http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2012/10/05/biden-ryan-vice-president-debate/1614713/
[2] http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/DC-Decoder/2012/1004/Mitt-Romney-pitches-smaller-government-Is-his-target-realistic
[3] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/donald-p-kommers/catholic-case-for-the-reelection-of-president-obama_b_1939899.html
[4] http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/10/05/faith-linked-issues-guide-some-voters.html
[5] http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/10/04/948201/nuns-on-a-bus-invites/?mobile=nc
[6] http://www.dispatch.com/content/blogs/the-compass/2012/09/contraception-video.html
[7] http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/vaticans-doctrinal-head-lcwr-must-not-be-anti-rome
[8] http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/05/us-pope-traditionalists-idUSBRE8940EK20121005
[9] http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2012/10/05/catholic-archbishop-dui-jokes/1614669/
[10] http://patrickjwall.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/bishops-gone-wild/
[11] http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-207_162-10013994.html
[12] http://live.wsj.com/video/facebook-tops-1-billion-user-mark/9E8B7195-4908-4390-9FF7-340BD887A1B1.html#!9E8B7195-4908-4390-9FF7-340BD887A1B1
[13] http://celebrationpublications.org/dailybread