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After noting the benefits of sports for athletes and fans, Bishop José Munilla of Spain pointed out the pitfalls of exaggerating their value and turning the game and star players into idols.

A Scottish teacher fights discrimination, Christians face heightened attacks in Egypt, Filipino bishops pledge to end mental health stigma, and more in this week’s Catholic world news roundup.

As the United Kingdom moves to select its seventh prime minister in a decade, how might Andy Burnham’s Catholic roots affect his leadership?

Four of Switzerland’s largest Christian bodies say the government abolished the clergy’s military service exemption without consulting them, a move one bishop called “a lack of respect for society.”

“I have decided to file a complaint against the men who caused my daughter so much harm. I am doing this because I feel that is what she wanted,” said Yolanda Ramos, the mother of of Noelia Castillo.

“We regret that this briefing was uploaded to our website without going through the established internal review processes,” Amnesty International UK said.

The former head of the Vatican’s liturgy office told the European Parliament that ambiguous language risks turning international agreements into “instruments of perversion and of silent power.”

The vote, ending an unusual parliamentary stalemate between the National Assembly and the Senate, came three years after President Emmanuel Macron first opened the question to national debate.

He began reading the Bible and visiting a church every Sunday, eventually getting baptized.

Bishop Marc Aillet has warned ahead of France’s decisive final vote on July 15 that Catholic lawmakers who support the bill “will no longer be able to receive Communion.”