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What is the Synod of Bishops? A Catholic Priest and Theologian Explains, By William Clark
ECHR
On Oct. 10, 2021, Pope Francis formally opened a two-year process called “a synod on synodality,” officially known as Synod 2021-2023: For a Synodal Church.” In brief, the process involves…
Books
President Rumen Radev, who is taking part today in the Jewish Cultural Center in Sofia in the opening of the "Remembered for Good" initiative, created on the occasion of the…
America
In early December 1963, African students occupied Red Square to record the first racial protest in the USSR. It is also the first in Moscow's history since the 1920s. The…
Environment
President Vladimir Putin congratulated Novaya Gazeta editor-in-chief Dmitry Muratov, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Putin expressed his congratulations during a speech at the Valdai club, RBC correspondent reports.…
Human Rights
Putin also commented on racism, gay rights, transgenderism and global warming The gas crisis in Europe is a consequence of non-functioning capitalism. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin…
ECHR
The suffering of survivors of sexual abuse allegedly perpetrated by World Health Organization staff during the tenth Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is going to be “the catalyst for a profound…
ECHR
In 1988, the world committed to eradicating wild polio. Today, 5 out of 6 WHO regions are certified free of wild polio, including the WHO European Region, which was declared…
ECHR
In Azerbaijan, a new pilot project shows that when primary health care prioritizes the training of health workers and the empowerment of local communities to take charge of their health,…
Human Rights
Although poverty and privilege “continue to reproduce themselves in vicious cycles”, it is possible to break the chain and shift the paradigm, an independent UN human rights expert told the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Human Rights
Women should not be faced with a choice between family and professional self-realization. This was stated by Russian President Vladimir Putin at the opening of the Third Eurasian Women's Forum.…
