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Morning Briefing

Dennis Coday  |  Jan. 29, 2013 NCR Today

Mumbai, India -- 'Persecution' Report: 131 instances of violence against Christian communities in 2012 [1]

Immigration reform: 'This will be the year,' bipartisan Senate 'gang' says [2]

Under pressure, Boy Scouts may ease no-gays policy [3]

So long, Catholic Boy Scouts? [4] The Girl Scouts are already under scrutiny [5].

Catholic high school caught boosting prices for class rings [6]

Washington, D.C. -- Catholic Univ. to continue fighting birth-control mandate [7]

Westminster, England -- Catholic Church Threatens To Fire British Gay Teachers Who Marry [8]

UK: Catholic Bishops brief MPs on why same sex marriage Bill should be opposed [9]

Los Angeles, Calif. -- Opinion: The church retains its barrier of [10]silence [10]by D.J. Waldie

German bishop files report on sex abuse with bishops' conference: Said he was deeply ashamed about what it contained. [11]

Winston-Salem, N.C. -- Volunteer charged with embezzling $4,000 from local Catholic [12]. Coffers of the ladies guild raided

Big East, Catholic 7 in talks to end relationship in one more season - report [13]

Dung beetles use the Milky Way as a map, and other science news [14]

PP-header2.jpg [15]Looking for an a little inspiration to begin your day?  NCR's sister publication, Celebration, gives you two options, both based on the Scripture readings of the day:

Pencil Preaching [15] is blog that Celebration editor Pat Marrin combines scripture and sketching to reflect on the word.

Daily Bread [16] is a series short reflections, written by four authors who meet regularly to share the readings. Daily Bread is intended to help daily preachers and others who pray from the assigned scriptures each day to orient themselves to the Living Word addressed to the church in the world. It's a great way to begin the day.


Source URL (retrieved on 05/25/2013 - 11:30): http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/morning-briefing-891

Links:
[1] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Christian-body-brings-out-persecution-report-for-2012/articleshow/18229956.cms
[2] http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2013/0128/Immigration-reform-This-will-be-the-year-bipartisan-Senate-gang-says-video
[3] http://www.chron.com/news/texas/article/Under-pressure-Boy-Scouts-may-ease-no-gays-policy-4230852.php
[4] http://davidgibson.religionnews.com/2013/01/28/so-long-catholic-boy-scouts/
[5] http://ncronline.org/news/people/dialogue-between-catholic-leaders-girl-scouts-addresses-criticisms
[6] http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8971636
[7] http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jan/28/catholic-u-vows-pursue-challenge-obama-health-care/
[8] http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/01/28/1505151/catholic-church-threatens-to-fire-british-gay-teachers-who-marry/
[9] http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=21847
[10] http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/01/29/3299323/the-church-retains-its-barrier.html
[11] http://www.secularism.org.uk/news/2013/01/abuse-shatters-german-bishops
[12] http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/morning-briefing-891
[13] http://aol.sportingnews.com/ncaa-basketball/story/2013-01-29/catholic-7-big-east-talks-to-leave-early-georgetown-villanova-marquette-basketba
[14] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/science/dung-beetles-use-the-milky-way-as-a-map-and-other-science-news/article7897283/
[15] http://celebrationpublications.org/pencilpreaching
[16] http://celebrationpublications.org/dailybread