Vatican City (Fides Service) – Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples, has (1 October 2003), appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the Philippines for a five year term (2003-2008), Rev. Father Gilbert A. Garcera Nkurikiye, of the archdiocesan of Caceres. (S.L.) (Fides Service 20/10/2003; lines 4; words 46)