IMMIGRATION // The U.S. bishops are meeting in Baltimore this week. They called on Trump and national leaders to adopt humane immigration policies. “If they’re going to build a wall, we’re going to have to be sure they put some doors in that wall,” said Archbishop Wenski of Miami. http://cvote.it/2fPa7VL
BLUE COLLAR // There are 490 counties in Appalachia, a region stretching over many states and dominated by Democrats for generations. This year, only 21 of these 490 counties voted for Hillary Clinton. How the Democratic party lost white working-class voters. http://cvote.it/2fPh21n
TRANSITION // Rick Santorum says that Donald Trump has to deliver for the working families in Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin that put him into the White House. http://cvote.it/2fP6saQ
ENERGY // President-elect Trump’s plan to bring back the coal industry will likely start by scrapping the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate change agenda. http://cvote.it/2fPfncg
FOREIGN POLICY // Russian leader Vladimir Putin called to congratulate Donald Trump for his ‘historic’ election win. Both men agreed to work together to ‘normalize’ relations between the countries. http://cvote.it/2fPdKvc
SENATE 2016 // There’s actually one election left undecided. Republicans are highly favored to win one more Senate seat on December 10, when Louisiana voters chose between Republican John Kennedy and Democrat Foster Campbell. If Republicans hold on to the seat, they would have a 52-seat majority. http://cvote.it/2fPect5
CATHOLIC // Four conservative Roman Catholic cardinals made a rare public challenge to Pope Francis over some of his teachings in a major document on the family called Amoris Laetitia. The cardinals suggest that the Holy Father is sowing confusion on important moral issues. http://cvote.it/2fPb9RC
ON THIS DAY // 1777 – The Articles of Confederation, our country’s first governing document, are enacted. http://cvote.it/2fP9Y4W
SAINT // Saint Albert the Great – http:/cvote.it/DailySaint
DAILY READINGS // Today’s readings – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
BEAUTY //