Kerala bishops sack youth commission priest charged with trafficking [1]

San Berrnardino, Calif. -- Bishop dedicates first Korean Catholic parish in Inland area [2]

Australia -- Catholic university approved research into paedophile [3]clergy [3]Project ran from 1997-2008.

Despite parish and school mergers in Camden Diocese, local Catholic schools say they're thriving [4]

Protecting Other People's Children [5] by Patricia McGuire, President, Trinity Washington University

England: The crisis over women bishops in the Church of England has deepened after a clergyman announced he would not be taking up the post of Bishop of Whitby over the issue. [6]

Vancouver, Canada -- Canadian Catholics debate “Come Home” campaign [7]

PArish Diary: Speaking about love with love [8] by Fr. Peter Daly

Editorial: Family planning and the Philippines [9] The Roman Catholic Church has vowed to fight the Reproductive Health Bill, but lawmakers need to respond to the population's needs.

Lima, Peru -- America's neighbors to the south, torn by high murder rates themselves, urge the US to tighten its gun laws after the Newtown shooting. [10]

On US-Mexico border, Catholic nuns offer migrants rare sanctuary [11]

America magazine chooses 16 big stories in 2012 [12]

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.