Daily Links, May 3: Praying, criticizing, and welcoming

We're back with Daily Links after a brief break while we attended the Associated Church Press conference the past few days! Here are some things that have been going on:

Today is National Prayer Day, and Stephen Prothero asks God for some advice [1] on how to go about it.

Some more people have expressed opinions on the Vatican's assessment of the LCWR: read what John Gehring [2] and the editors of America [3] have to say.

Former governor of Colorado and Catholic Bill Ritter discusses the controversy [4] in his state surrounding Companeros and the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. Ritter says: "We should not tolerate a culture war that distracts us from the core gospel message of addressing poverty and hunger in a serious way." Meanwhile, Cardinal Timothy Dolan has spoken out loudly [5]--and critically--against the Republican party's immigration policies.

E.J. Dionne, Stephen Colbert, Thomas Reese SJ, and Paul Ryan, all in one spot [6]!

Catholics in Michigan are urging a newly-formed "prayer caucus" that favors Judeo-Christian beliefs to open itself up [7] to people of all faiths. (Meanwhile, here's a sad sign of the times [8] of religious discrimination.)

And, Sister Maxine at A Nun's Life reminds us that we should always keep an eye out [9] for a little humor in our daily lives.