May 20, 2015
Here are the must read stories on NCRonline today:
- Violence, culture of impunity still plaque El Salvador
- Salvadoran women imprisoned for miscarriages and stillbirths
- Editorial: Demand nuclear disarmament, not deterrence
- Twin Cities archdiocese blocks LGBT Catholic youth summit
- Book Review: Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling
- The rollout of the encyclical on the environment
International news from around the world:
- Church leaders take backseat in Irish gay marriage vote
- Archbishop Diarmuid Martin: 'I encourage everyone to vote and reflect carefully'
- Jerusalem: What is normal here?
- America snores when Christian terrorist threatens to massacre Muslims
- Australia backs boat turnarounds in Asian migrant crisis
- Pope Francis to bishops: Stop ordering faithful around
National news from around the web:
- Chicago archdiocese settles abuse claim against former priest for $1.25 million
- Seattle archdiocese pays $1.2 million to settle abuse case
- The 10 best Roman Catholic colleges
- Priest says he was fired from Seton Hall for supporting LGBT rights
- Nun who kissed Elvis onscreen helps answer abbey's prayers
- Bobby Jindal makes religious freedom pitch in new Iowan ad
- Legislators pass bill that had been nixed over Islamic law
