Morning Briefing, International

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, from NCR today and yesterday:

US bishops squelch Tim Kaine's hopes that church may embrace same-sex marriage

Francis: Assassinated French priest joins procession of martyrs

And from Global Sisters Report:

Immigrants released from detention pay thousands in monitoring fees

Children born with HIV find love in sister-run orphanages in Guatemala, Honduras

Migrant Crisis:

Hungary police recruit 'border-hunters'

France to scatter 'jungle' camp migrants

Kenya denies abuse of refugees in push to close Somali camp

Syria ceasefire:

Russia begins ground, drone live webcast of Aleppo to monitor cease-fire

Aligned with Russia in Syria, Pentagon awkwardly treads on new terrain

Russia, US accuse each other of ceasefire violations

Brexit consequences continue:

As Britain Confronts 'Brexit,' a Canadian Is in Charge

With UK going, crises simmering, EU ponders uncertain future

From Italy with love:

Italy's "fertility day" sparks backlash                    

Umbria, Italy's Best-Kept Culinary Secret, Is Budding           

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.]


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