Dispatches

Cardinals from all continents expressed ldquo appreciation rdquo for the reforms already achieved or underway in the Roman Curia under Pope Francis particularly in the field of Vatican Finances but they recognized that there is still a long way to go before the reform can be completed They also

In East Africa they call him ldquo Bwana Yesu rdquo mdash ldquo Lord Jesus rdquo Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel C M 66 has been the Archbishop of Addis Ababa Ethiopia since 1999 also the head of the Ethiopian Catholic Church an Eastern Catholic Church in full communion with the Holy Se

When Bishop Jos Luis Lacunza Maestroju n O A R 70 ordinary of the diocese of David Panam was told he was being elevated to the role of Cardinal he thought it was ldquo crazy rdquo And the fact is although Panama was in fact the home of the first Catholic diocese in the Americas it h

The establishment of two new congregations mdash the first for ldquo Laity-Family-Life rdquo the second for ldquo Charity-Justice-Peace rdquo that includes a new office for ecology mdash were among the proposals for reform of the Roman Curia that were presented to the College of Cardinals on F

Archbishop John Dew 66 leader of the Church in Wellington New Zealand first looked to the priesthood because he felt a pull ldquo to be doing something that would make a difference to the lives of others The call of the Gospel was the only way that made sense for me rdquo Roughly 55 percent

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