Morning Briefing

I hope everyone had a blessed and happy Easter. Here is what's new on NCRonline today: 
 

• Francis laments 'cowardly and senseless' Easter killings in Pakistan
• Column by Robert Mickens: The greatest story never told
• Take and Read: The Interior Castle
• Catholic TV pioneer Mother Angelica dead at 92
• Column by Thomas Reese: How many Jesuits does it take to change a light bulb?

Here is what's new on Global Sisters Report: 

• Dormitory expansion in Tanzania is slow but keeps girls in school
• GSR Today: Look to the sisters in an increasingly terror-driven world
• Three Stats and a Map: More than 15,000 nuclear weapons on Earth
• Q & A with Lucy Kurien, providing shelter and love in India

Here is what's new on the web: 

• Slew of anti-abortion laws may thwart Zika research
• China official says Dalai Lama 'making a fool' of Buddhism
• Islamic State dealt hefty body blow with death of top aide: officials
• Iraqi Christians fear extinction, see no relief from Islamic State
• Who are Pakistan's Christians?
• Boston archdiocese settles with 7 alleged victims of clergy abuse
• Kidnapped Indian priest’s whereabouts unknown amidst rumors of his execution
• Spotify turns to eighties nostalgia, Pope Francis in ad campaign to court new users
• Priest gambled $500,000 meant for Canadian refugees, church says

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