'Supermoon' Alert: Biggest Full Moon of 2012 Occurs This Week Editor's Note: This isn't exactly "Catholic" news but astronomy and space has always fascinated this child of the Apollo Missions Age.
Commentary: The Ryan Creed Matthew Boudway for Commonweal.
Burma -- Aung San Suu Kyi Makes History with Parliamentary Oath
Dublin -- Ireland’s Catholic leader faces new demands to quit over 1975 cover-up of priest’s child abuse
Vatican defends Brady over handling of abuse report
Glenmore Park, Australia -- A priest who yesterday ‘outed’ himself as a married man immediately removed from parish
Commentary by Douglas Turner: Pope must confront right-wing Catholics. Good places to start would be Deal Hudson and Bill Donohue. Both are self-appointed spokesmen for orthodoxy.
May Crowning (photos and video)
House candidate and rising GOP star is black, female – and Mormon
NCR's sister publication, Celebration, posts reflections on each day's Scripture reading. Here's a link: celebrationpublications.org/dailybread. You may want to bookmark it. It's a great way to begin the day.
