VATICAN CITY (RNS) — More than a year into Pope Francis’ Synod on Synodality, the full scope of this massive, unprecedented consultation of Catholics around the world is just now beginning to come into focus, even for its organizers. “I find this a very interesting phase of church history,” said Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, archbishop of

1/5 Margot Robbie plays Barbie in the new film "Barbie." File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Warner Bros. Pictures is giving a glimpse of the new film Barbie. The studio shared a teaser trailer for the musical comedy Friday featuring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. The teaser opens with

Image of Kenneth Nevada Williams, who was identified on Wednesday as the victim of a 1978 homicide. Photo courtesy of Long Beach Police Department Dec. 16 (UPI) -- A DNA technique called investigative genealogy helped identify a teen "John Doe" victim of a 1978 homicide in Long Beach who had gone missing from school for

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention (ECAP) is announcing that it will launch its Child Safety Accreditation Program for Christian ministries that serve children on January 9th, 2023. ECAP was created in 2019 to provide heightened awareness, accreditation, and additional resources in order to help Christian organizations that serve kids protect the vulnerable in ministry. Accreditation is

1/3 Russian President Vladimir Putin is dealing not only with Western pressures, but an inflation level that far outpaces its peer economies. Pool photo by Kremlin/UPI | License Photo Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Tight labor conditions and an adverse foreign trade climate is creating pressure on the Russian economy, though its central bank on Friday

US Foreign Minister Antony Blinken has called on Rwanda to "use its influence" on the M23 rebel movement. He also expressed his support for the Luanda agreement in finding a solution to the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "If implemented, I believe it will provide a tremendous opportunity to

1/5 Star striker Lionel Messi and Argentina will face France in the 2022 World Cup final at 10 a.m. EST Sunday on Fox. Photo by Chris Brunskill/UPI | License Photo Dec. 16 (UPI) -- Argentina's Lionel Messi will try to boost his argument as the best soccer player ever, while France will try to become

1/5 The European Union Friday signed a new $121,855,000 aid package with Ukraine to rebuild war-damaged schools as the EU also imposed new sanctions on Russia. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Russia's attacks against civilian infrastructure are deliberate crimes against millions of innocent people. Photo by German Chancellor Press Office/UPI | License

A fragile truce has allowed partial access to Tigray. But the long months of conflict have caused immense harm. Hospitals are damaged or destroyed. Water, electricity, and medicines are in short supply. Hunger, even among healthcare staff themselves, is everywhere. People have been displaced over and over again. There’s nowhere we haven’t gone to hide

Burkina Faso summoned the Ghanaian ambassador on Friday to express its "disapproval" after Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo said that Ouagadougou had "made an arrangement" with the Russian paramilitary group Wagner. "The Minister Delegate in charge of Regional Cooperation, Karamoko Jean Marie Traoré expressed the disapproval of the Burkinabè government towards these declarations of the Head

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), on Wednesday, 14th December 2022, announced the approval of US$27.41 million disbursement for the Gambia, by the Executive Board of the organisation, during its fifth review of its Extended Credit Facility arrangement. According to the IMF, the completion of the review enables the immediate disbursement of the equivalent of SDR20.55

The Human Rights Committee of the National Assembly has recommended for the Gambia Police Force (GPF) to desist from inflicting any inhumane and degrading treatment on detainees with immediate effect. This recommendation was made following the committee's phase 1 oversight visit to some major detention Centres within the Kanifing Municipal Council and the West Coast