Morning Briefing

If you haven't read the series on guns by Soli Salgado, you are missing out. Read part one: Effort aims to curb gun deaths, then read part two: But guns make us safer, right? And end with our editorial: Get behind common-sense agenda on guns.

At Global Sisters Report: As U.N. prepares for monumental year, advocates question new anti-poverty goals 

Also, It doesn't take an army, just a few sisters. Read the entire Notes from the Field series here. 

Some national news from around the web: 

• Philadelphia archdiocese settles with Billy Doe
• Philadelphia archdiocese cancels LGBT program ahead of pope's visit
• Near bustling Harvard Square, monks provide silent sanctuary
• The price tag tacked to Francis' visit to Philly
• Bunk on a battleship during Francis' visit
• N.Y.C. Catholic schools study charters for ideas

Some international news from around the web: 

• Boko Haram mystery: Just who is leading the group?
• As more Irish turn away from Catholicism, parents call for non-religious schools
• Newspaper nixes Peru cardinal after papal plagiarism
• Parish priests to double up duties in Ireland diocese
• Catholic church in Scotland asks forgiveness from child abuse victims