ASIA/INDIA - Appointment of the Bishop of Jhabua
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 18, 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Fr. Basil Bhuriya, S.V.D., Pastor and member of the Provincial Council of the Divine Word Fathers as Bishop of the Diocese of Jhabua (India). ...
20 July 2015
AFRICA/SIERRA LEONE - Appointment of the Auxiliary of Kenema
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 18 July 2015 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Henry Aruna as Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Kenema (Sierra Leone), transferring him from the diocese of Makeni. He was assigned ...
ASIA/MYANMAR - Cardinal Bo to the leaders of the nation: "Be good parents"
Yangon (Agenzia Fides) - "We expect our rulers to be good parents. In our culture, parents are revered as gods. According to our traditions, our leaders have the right and the duty to promote the welfare of all": is the ...
ASIA/INDIA - The Franciscans: no to violence against women
New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - The Association of the Franciscan Family in India (AFFI), which brings together religious, sisters and lay people of different orders, followers of Francis of Assisi, is committed to raising a ...
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Games, songs, dances: a feast to celebrate children
El Tigre (Agenzia Fides) - Among cultural events, games, music, songs, dances, thousands of children and adolescents, not only in the district of El Tigre but also of the municipality of San José de Guanipa, found thems ...
EUROPE/SPAIN - Priest stabbed to death on the doorstep
Seville (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Carlos Martinez Perez, 75, died yesterday afternoon, July 16, victim of a brutal assault on the door of his home after celebrating the Eucharist in the church of San Leandro convent, where h ...