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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, some news from NCR today and yesterday:
In letter to CDF, theologians and bishops call for reform of Vatican doctrinal investigations
Silence descends on Catholic press after editor's firing
And from Global Sisters Report:
Women of Bangladesh have narrow options for work
Sisters stand with immigrants as Supreme Court hears arguments in United States v. Texas
From around the globe:
What's Obama's European Legacy?
Migrant crisis:
Up to 500 feared dead in Mediterranean shipwreck last week
Some of the most dramatic moments and photos of AFP's coverage of the crisis
UN, Red Crescent Evacuate 500 From Besieged Syrian Towns
Ukraine: President bans Russian movies
From the British Isles:
How David Cameron got Barack Obama to fight Brexit
Greece 'could leave eurozone' on Brexit vote
Britain issues warning for LGBT travelers visiting North Carolina and Mississippi
From Italy with love:
Italian boss gives staff €200k of bonuses to celebrate 80th
From the dirt of Rome's walls: an ephemeral history of the Eternal City
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.]