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Welcome back to your 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:
Vatican financial watchdog registers three-fold increase in suspicious activity in 2015
Report: Pope considering global peace as topic of next Synod of Bishops
Fr. Hans Kung says Francis responded to request for free discussion on infallibility dogma
Women want to be deacons, want clergy to speak up about it
And from Global Sisters Report:
Political unrest, threats do not deter Friends of the Poor Sisters in India
Sisters in Ghana gain self-sufficiency with juice- and water-bottling operation
From around the globe:
U.N. envoy urges Obama, Putin to save Syria truce, peace process
The Dispute About the South China Sea Is Also a Dispute About History and America’s Role
Angela Merkel Abruptly Fires Germany’s Spy Chief
Migrant crisis:
U.N. chief urges European leaders to support refugees
Austria prepares to build 400 meter fence on Italian border
British EU referendum:
'Economists for Brexit' back campaign to leave EU
Britain would pay a "Brexit tax" outside the EU - OECD
Brexit is already hurting the UK economy
British Court rejects bid from expats for voting rights
From Italy with love:
Concordia skipper fights to avoid prison over Italy disaster
In Italy, one in three pizza makers isn’t Italian
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.]