Republicans make budget counter-offer [1]

As Syrians return to Aleppo, children struggle for food [2]

Israel to advance east Jerusalem building plans [3]

NCR's sister publication, Celebration, posts reflections on each day's Scripture reading. Here's a link: celebrationpublications.org/dailybread. [4]You may want to bookmark it. It's a great way to begin the day.

Day of prayer and action on Climate Change [5]

Faith and Values: Black Catholics embrace heritage, history [6]

Makeni, Sierra Leone -- Lay council, priests decry lack of consultation in appointment of new bishop [7]. Episcopal ordination postponed but ordered go ahead by Congregation for the Evangelisation of People

Joseph W. Tobin installed as the sixth Archbishop of Indianapolis [8]

Report: Catholic Bishop Sullivan has inoperable cancer [9]

Purple is more than just a color on the Advent wreath [10]