Dispatches

For Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet Salesian priest and Archbishop of Montevideo Uruguay much is new It rsquo s been just three years since Archbishop Sturla was consecrated as an auxiliary bishop and less than twelve months since he was installed as ordinary of Montevideo Born in 1959 ordaine

Rising popular movements question the common neo-liberal orthodoxy

Bishop Arlindo Gomes Furtado 65 is bishop of the diocese of Santiago in the Republic of Cape Verde a horseshoe archipelago of ten volcanic islands some 350 miles off the coast of northwest Africa Santiago is one of the Republic rsquo s two dioceses both of which Bishop Furtado has led in his 10

Archbishop Edoardo Menichelli nbsp 75 hails from the archdiocese of Ancona-Osimo a Central Italian land of rolling hills vineyards and sandy beaches on the Adriatic Sea Ancona is a main port on the Adriatic particularly for passenger vessels and the economic center of the region nbsp A pries

Archbishop Alberto Su rez-Inda 75 has been a bishop in the Mexican state of Michoac n for nearly 30 years and Archbishop of Morelia for nearly 20 Located in the southwestern part of Mexico the state of Michoac n has been through decades of violence both from local drug cartels and responding

Though Catholics in the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar make up less than 1 percent of the country rsquo s mostly-Buddhist population Archbishop Charles Maung Bo 66 of the archdiocese of Yangon has become an important voice for peace and justice throughout the country Long ruled by a military

Bishop Soane Patita Paini Mafi nbsp 53 leads the Catholic Church in the Kingdom of Tonga 176 islands spread over 270 000 square miles in the South Pacific Ninety percent of the Kingdom rsquo s approximately 102 000 citizens are Christian of which 16 000 are Catholic Tonga is one of the most dev

Archbishop Francesco Montenegro 68 serves the Archdiocese of Agrigento on the southeastern coast of Sicily a population that includes some 449 000 Catholics and extends 130 miles into the Mediterranean Sea to the small island of Lampedusa Since 2011 over 300 000 refugees from wars in nearby Nort

In recent weeks South Africans have once again witnessed xenophobic violence The violence broke out after a Somali shop owner in Soweto shot a 14-year old local dead The shop owner claims that the boy part of a gang of youths was trying to steal from him One of the youths dropped a gun in the p

So about a month ago I wrote up a piece about one of the new Cardinals-designate Archbishop Alberto Su rez-Inda for the America blog I rsquo ve been trying to keep up with the troubles going on in Mexico and the appointment of Su rez who has spoken out against the violence and corruption see