Welcome back to your weekly international edition of the daily briefing, where we highlight a little of what's going on around the world.
First, from NCR:
Sudanese bishop: papal visit to South Sudan possible in 2018
Michael Sean Winters takes a deeper look at the controversy over converts who criticize the pope
Church reform groups support call for Year of the Laity
And from Global Sisters Report:
Chicago sisters work to bring peace to streets torn by violence
LCWR looks to the future with openness, communion and contemplation
Washington roundup:
Trump's Embrace of Racially Charged Past Puts Republicans in Crisis
Trump jettisons business councils after CEOs quit in protest
USA Today: After Charlottesville, time to censure President Trump
Bannon admits: No Military Solution in North Korea
British PM May: ‘No equivalence’ between fascists and those who oppose them
Parts far and wide:
South Korea's Moon pledges there will be 'no war on Korean peninsula'
China and India are dangerously close to military conflict in the Himalayas
Confidential U.N. Report Accuses Saudi Coalition of Killing Hundreds of Yemeni Kids
Lebanon Repeals Its Marry-Your-Rapist Law
Philippines War on Drugs and Crime Intensifies, at Least 58 Killed This Week
Swedish government agrees to a defense spending boost
Maltese PM appeals against Panama Papers investigation
Brexit continues to frighten the UK:
UK Sets Out Goals for an Open Irish Border. Trade Is More Complex.
Brexit threat to London's reputation as legal services hub
London's financial district is 'hemorrhaging talent' because of Brexit, warns UK job recruiter
'Potential for chaos': Welsh port fears post-Brexit customs delays
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From the science desk:
Thousand-year-old Viking fortress reveals a technologically advanced society
Water ice found near Mars's equator could entice colonists and life-seekers
During Trump's present, it's hard to write the future, says science fiction writer John Scalzi
From Italy with love:
Migrant flow to Italy shrinks as government in Rome cracks down
Ideas 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.]