Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, on 17 March 2014, confirmed as National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies for another five year term, Fr. Socrates Mesiona, a member of the Missionary Society of the Philippines (MSP). (SL) (Agenzia Fides 02/09/2014)