**金砖五国领导人在俄罗斯出席经济峰会**
巴西、俄罗斯、印度、中国和南非等金砖五国的代表星期四在俄罗斯城市乌法出席年度峰会，会场周围戒备森严。
金砖国家这个月将开始运作其1000亿美元的资金。金砖国家发展银行被视为国际货币基金组织之外的一个选择。
金砖银行预计明年开始为金砖五国的基础设施项目提供融资。五国代表星期二在峰会前的会晤中最后敲定了相关计划和各国的出资额。
金砖五国的共同之处在于这几个国家都是新兴工业化国家，经济增长迅速，在国际舞台上占有重要地位。
俄罗斯总统普京、中国国家主席习近平、巴西总统罗塞夫、印度总理莫迪和南非总统祖马出席了这次峰会。
BRICS Leaders Gather in Russia for Economic Summit
Representatives of the five BRICS nations - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - are gathering in the Russian city of Ufa Thursday for their annual summit, amid tight security.
The group is to begin this month operating a $100 billion currency pool seen as an alternative to the International Monetary Fund.
The BRICS New Development Bank is expected to start financing infrastructure projects in the five BRICS nations next year. Representatives from the five nations finalized their plans and contributions at a pre-summit meeting on Tuesday.
The BRICS nations have in common the fact that they are relatively newly industrialized nations with fast-growing economies and considerable clout on the international stage.
Attending the summit are Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and South African President Jacob Zuma.
**罗马天主教宗继续南美之行到访玻利维亚**
教宗方济各星期三抵达玻利维亚，莫拉莱斯总统前往机场欢迎。玻利维亚是教宗南美三国之行的第二站。
教宗方济各对聚集在玻利维亚首都拉巴斯机场的数千名欢迎民众说，玻利维亚在鼓励各个阶层参与国家的经济、社会和政治生活方面正取得重要的进展。
莫拉莱斯总统说，在阿根廷出生的教宗访问玻利维亚，表明教宗支持玻利维亚人民的“解放”。莫拉莱斯是玻利维亚第一位原住民总统。他2006年就任后，玻利维亚天主教会和政府间的关系出现紧张，但2013年方济各出任罗马天主教教宗之后，关系有所改善。
教宗方济各在拉巴斯与莫拉雷斯总统和市府其他市政领导人进行了交谈。教宗车队在1980年耶稣会牧师埃斯皮纳尔的尸体被发现的地方做短暂停留。埃斯皮纳尔当年被玻利维亚准军事部队逮捕，并遭酷刑。
Pope Francis Continues South American Tour in Bolivia
Pope Francis was greeted by Bolivian President Evo Morales when he arrived Wednesday on the second leg of his three-nation tour of his home continent of South America.
The pontiff told a crowd of thousands who gathered at the airport in the capital of La Paz that Bolivia "is making important steps towards including broad sectors in the country's economic, social and political life."
Mr. Morales said the visit of the Argentinean-born pope represents support for the "liberation" of the Bolivian people. Relations between Bolivia's Catholic Church and the Bolivian government became strained after Mr. Morales, the country's first indigenous leader, first took office in 2006, but have improved since Francis's election in 2013.
The pope later traveled into La Paz for talks with Mr. Morales and other political and civic leaders. During the trip, Francis stopped his motorcade at the spot where the body of Jesuit priest Luis Espinal was found in 1980 after he was arrested and tortured by Bolivian paramilitary squads.