Amnesty International has documented numerous human rights abuses attributed to Congolese fighters, including unlawful killings.
The Vatican praised a U.N. vote making Palestine a nonmember observer state but called for full recognition of Palestinian sovereignty as necessary for peace in the region.
There is a pile of unfinished business from 2012 and the nation’s looming “fiscal cliff” to step back from.
A high-ranking Vatican official from China says he does not expect much to change in church-state relations with the new Chinese government.