ASIA/NEPAL - Former Maoist rebels prepare to govern the country
Kathmandu (Agenzia Fides) - From rebels to rulers: the April 10 general elections in Nepal have rewarded the Maoist movement that has spent years working against the nation’s monarchy. The Maoist now have the absolute ...
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Bishop of Jalingo appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on April 16, 2008, appointed Father Charles Hammawa, of the clergy of Yola, Rector of the Major Seminary of Jos, as Bishop of Jalingo (Nigeria).
Father Charl ...
16 April 2008
AFRICA/NIGERIA - Coadjutor Bishop of Ekiti appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI, on April 16, 2008, appointed Fr. Felix Femi Ajakaye of the clergy of Ekiti, Nigeria, pastor of St. Michael Catholic church in Opopogboro (Ado-Ekiti), as coadju ...
16 April 2008
VATICAN - AVE MARIA - by Mgr Luciano Alimandi - Jesus calls us by name
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - “He who enters through the gate is the shepherd of the flock; the gatekeeper lets him in, the sheep hear his voice, one by one he calls his own sheep and leads them out. When he has broug ...
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Apostolic Vicar of Mendez resigns, successor appointed
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on 15 April 2008, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Apostolic Vicariate of Mendez (Ecuador) presented by Bishop Pietro Gabrielli ...