House Speaker John Boehner is under fierce attack from conservatives in the blogosphere and on Twitter over his “purge” of several conservatives from top congressional committees. [1]

Opinion: Tax Deduction Limits May Trim Deficits, but Not Easily [2]

Philippines Fears Typhoon Death Toll Will Climb [3]

Vatican strips Austria's reform priest of 'monsignor' title [4]

NCR's sister publication, Celebration, posts reflections on each day's Scripture reading. Here's a link: celebrationpublications.org/dailybread. [5]You may want to bookmark it. It's a great way to begin the day.

Lancaster: Bishop asks people to 'hit the reset button' this Advent [6] Every parish church open Wednesday 7-8 pm with priests waiting to hear confessions.

Deported Catholic priest seeks return to Zambia [7]

Church guard, two aides rob priest, seek blessings before fleeing on his 2-wheeler [8]

Australia -- Priest who resigned last year over his support for women priests offered $5000 in severence [9]. Ministered for Melbourne archdiocese 32 years

Ireland: Priests accused of sexual abuse want their accusers identified and allegations against them in writing [10], says Association of Catholic Priests.

Ireland’s Catholic bishops will issue a statement later today outlining their response to the report of the expert group on abortion. [11]

Maine's Catholic diocese in full compliance with child-protection policies [12]

New Zealand archbishop to become Anglican ambassador to Rome [13]