Vatikanstadt. Nachdem Papst Franziskus die Resignation auf die Diözese Naha (Japan) von Seiten des Bischofs Berard Toshio Oshikawa OFMConv. angenommen hatte, ernannte er zum Bischof der Diözese Br. Wayne Berndt OFMCap, bisher Pfarrer in Yonabaru.
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.
El portavoz vaticano Greg Burke anunció la visita pastoral de Francisco con ocasión del centenario de la aparición de los estigmas y el cincuentenario de la muerte del fraile capuchino.