Next week's Pan-Orthodox Council will take place as planned, the Ecumenical Patriarchate has said (full text). Nations that build walls are "creating a new style of apartheid" , Archbishop Charles Scicluna of Malta has said. Iraqi Patriarch Louis Raphaël I Sako has urged Muslims to honour Ramadan by "renouncing sectarianism and fundamentalism". The new nuncio to the United States has urged Catholics to embrace "discipleship of Christ". Robert Mickens notes that the CDF has not issued a single document to the global Church since Francis's election. Michael Sean Winters says the Vatican has taken "an enormously large step" towards ending the abuse crisis. And Rome Reports peers through the Roman keyhole with a view of three sovereign states. Follow me on Twitter @lukecoppen for updates throughout the day. The next Morning Catholic must-reads will be on Thursday, June 9.