São Paulo, Brazil. This past April 10, Pope Francis received at the Vatican the four Franciscan General Ministers, Br. Michael Perry OFM, Br. Mauro Jöhri OFM Cap., Br. Marco Tasca OFM Conv. and Br. Nicholas Edward TOR. It was a…

Vatican spokesman Greg Burke has announced the pastoral visit of Pope Francis on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the appearance of the stigmata and the fiftieth of the death of Padre Pio.

Vatican City. Pope Francis, after having accepted the resignation from pastoral governance of the diocese of Naha (Japan) of Most Rev. Berard Toshio Oshikawa OFM Conv., has appointed Br. Wayne Berndt, OFM Cap. as the new Bishop. Br. Wayne is currently pastor in Yonabaru.

CU: fr. Benigno Varela Castro1C: fr. Alex Sánchez Obando2C: fr. Berman Bans Arce3C: fr. Mauricio Monge Rivera4C: fr. Amado Flores Saavedra Data: 13.12.2017Luogo: Casa de retiros Alvernia, Cartago - Costa RicaPresidente: fr. Štefan Kožuh, Vicario Generale

MP: fr. Sílvio do Socorro de Almeida PereiraVP: fr. José Nilton Leandro Costa2C: fr. Hugo César Sousa de Oliveira3C: fr. Francisco Ezequiel Páscoa da Silva4C: fr. Raphael Hattyla Reis Araújo Data: 14.12.2017Luogo: Convento “Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora” Belém do Pará, BrasilePresidente: fr. Sergio M. Dal Moro,…