Morning Briefing

Dennis Coday | Oct. 16, 2012 NCR Today

Election 2012 -- Poll: Romney Has Large Lead In Rural Swing Counties [1]

Election 2012 -- Five things to watch for in Tuesday's debate [2]

Election 2012 -- Paul Ryan, Catholic Dissident [3]

Election 2012 --Joe Biden’s Religion: Catholicism or Leftism? [4]

Malala Yousafzai: British Doctors Predict 'Good Recovery' for Pakistani Teen [5]

Milwuakee -- Archdiocese, victims fail to reach bankruptcy settlement [6], resume what one court official has called a scorched earth legal battle.

Philly Archdiocese Reinstates Suspended Priest [7]

Pope Paul VI could be beatified by December 2013 [8]

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.

Katherine Kateri Howat, dressed as a Mohawk princess, displays the outfit for her father, Cory Howat, Oct. 11 at their home in Metairie, La. The 4-year-old and her father will be among thousands of U.S. pilgrims making a trip to Rome for the Oct. 21 cano nization of Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha, known as the "Lily of the Mohawks." (CNS photo/Frank J Methe, Clarion Herald)