Washington -- GOP grows confident of Senate takeover
UN Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi to meet Syria sides separately, demands peace commitment - document
Global poll of Catholics: Pope Francis faces church divided over doctrine
Opinion: 12 Ways Catholicism is More Radical Than Pope Francis
What a way to celebrate Catholic Schools Week: Single mothers-to-be and gays fight firings from Catholic school jobs
NY Catholic Bishops Dub State DREAM Act Push A Top Priority
Berlin film festival: Racy von Trier film, film on radical Catholics, paired in Berlin -- German-made "Kreuzweg" (Stations of the Cross) is about a Catholic family bringing up their daughter in a strict religious environment
More Film News: Vatican Acknowledges Philomena's Incredible Journey
Catholics unite on campuses across Canada for “Proclaim Integrity with Justice Weekend."
Ireland: Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin says The teaching of the church could be used "in a homophobic way." The church has to be very careful that this was not done in the forthcoming debate on the same-sex referendum.
Missouri's Michael Sam on path to be first openly gay NFL player
Commentary: Michael Sam bravely comes out. Now what?
Cardinal Schönborn: Pope Francis has already changed church
Inaugural Catholic Sisters Week set for March
Comments on NCRonline: Be part of the solution
Looking for 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 is a blog in which Celebration editor Pat Marrin combines Scripture and sketching to reflect on the Word.
Daily Bread is a series of 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.
