Morning Briefing

Here is what's new on NCRonline today: 

• Q&A: E.J. Dionne on 2016's unpredictable election
• Latino council looks toward next 25 years
• Perspective: We need a victory of speech over the violence of silence
• Column: Bringing Bashar Assad to justice
• Lead in the water: The crisis is not solely Flint's
• U.S. pilgrims to World Youth Day reflect new church demographics

Read these stories at Global Sisters Report: 

• US training program helps sisters in China improve care for elderly
• There are no explanations in the face of heartbreak, but there is hope
• Column: Why do we need the church?

News from around the web: 

• World's oldest priest says strict routine basis of long life
• Paedophile priest had links to other infamous child abusers
• Vatican’s old guard may have notched a Pyrrhic victory