Despite cease-fire, abducted girls have not been released.

'The poor no longer wait, they seek to be protagonists'

Burials that are dignified and safe are urgently needed for Ebola victims in West Africa, where corpses are frequently left unattended for days and then thrown into graves without ceremony, a U.S. church aid official said."So many people are dying that there has not been the capacity to respond

God remains the one who set all of creation into motion

In letter, leaders quote extensively from the Quran to rebuke ISIS' tactics and actions.

Synod calls the faithful 'to walk alongside people in difficult or exceptional situations.'