Morning Briefing

Here's what's new at NCRonline.org today: 

Priests' group wants significant change in priest formation process

Baseball as a road to God: Conversation with author John Sexton

ICYMI: Francis' new exhortation a call to become holy by serving others, especially migrants

Catholics react to 'Gaudete et Exsultate'

'Gaudete et Exsultate': Francis puts 'exhort' back into exhortation

Strengthen, modernize nuclear weapon systems, says US State Department

At Global Sisters Report: 

High demand, low resources: Nursing home endures Venezuela's economic crisis

Sisters visit mountain villages for first time in decades, bringing Easter tidings

Column by Ilia Delio: A world without gender

ICYMI: Q & A with Sr. Alison McCrary, working to hold police accountable 

In other news around the web: 

Inside the White House Bible Study group

Armed At Church: Why This Congregation Is 'Not A Gun-Free Zone'

Pennsylvania diocese IDs priests, bishop, laypeople in abuse probe

Grant helps scholars mine church records for hidden history

Catholics' Church Attendance Resumes Downward Slide