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Welcome back to your new weekly international edition of Morning Briefing, where we try to highlight a little of what's going on around the world.
First, what you may have missed from NCR yesterday:
Vatican's Cardinal Pell admits not reporting teacher 'misbehaving with boys' in 1970s
Vatican's doctrinal chief: Most priests 'bitterly wronged' by abuse generalizations
And from Global Sisters Report:
From Latin to Vietnamese: Liturgical group's Bible translations let people live out their faith
Catholic Charities project helps refugees plant roots in Kansas City
From around the globe:
UK: British Lord Jonathan Sacks, former UK chief rabbi, wins Templeton Prize
Latest on Brexit: France warns: Should Britain leave EU, we'll send migrants to UK
Continuing refugee crisis:
10,000 refugees and migrants trapped in Greece, hoping to go to Macedonia
Team of refugees to compete under Olympic flag at 2016 Olympics in Rio
Remember the furor over safari animal killings? Kenya's canine cops sniff out illegal ivory
From Italy with love:
Italy's La Repubblica to merge with La Stampa and Il Secolo XIX papers
Polluted Milan might pay commuters to bike to work
Italy recoups $16.2 billion in unpaid taxes in 2015
Italy’s answer to Alcatraz, the island vineyard where inmates are taught the secrets of winemaking
Something to highlight for next week? Drop me a line:
[Joshua J. McElwee is NCR Vatican correspondent. His email address is jmcelwee@ncronline.org. Follow him on Twitter: @joshjmac.]
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