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