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Pope appointments Bishop of Kitui
Lebanese churches offer residences and buildings for the infected
The Maronite diocese of Byblos started, where bishop Michel Aounc made a summer
residence belonging to the eparchy available to coronavirus patients forced to isolate
themselves. Then, Father Fadi Tabet, of the order of the Lebanese Missionaries “Kreimisti”,
appointed head of the Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa, announced that he would
make the Betania Harissa Hotel available to the Lebanese health authorities, a welcoming
hotel residence usually reserved for pilgrims, so that people infected with Coronavirus can
be hosted there and must be treated under quarantine.
The Coronavirus epidemic has hit Lebanon in the midst of an economic and political crisis.
Also for this reason the spontaneous signs of resilience, generosity and solidarity that
emerge throughout Lebanese society are even more eloquent.
Among the Christian communities, the vicissitudes of those affected by the virus multiply.
In the Jesuit community, as many as 11 fathers resulted positive to Covid-19 tests.
Celebrations for the 500th anniversary Mass suspended
suspended. This is what the Bishop of
Exported oil for the first time after selling Santa it Cruz, to Chem Msgr. China Jorge Garcia Cuerva
Following the provisions issued by the
government of the province of Santa
Cruz and the National Ministry of Health,
the celebration and meeting for the first
Mass in Puerto San Julian, scheduled for
March 31 st and 1 st and 2 nd April has been
says in a statement sent to Agenzia Fides,
who thanks everyone for the time and
commitment dedicated to the preparation
of this event. “Let us be inspired by this
time of lived communion, so that the 500
years of the first Mass may be a sign of
unity that spurs us to continue building
a Church to whose table everyone feels
invited, especially the poorest and most
excluded”, writes Mgr. Garcia Cuerva.
Finally, the Bishop, trusting “in the ever
attentive assistance of the Virgin”, urges
to take all the necessary precautions to
safeguard the health of all, without letting
oneself be taken by anxiety, being prudent
and cautious, attentive to the needs of the
last, “because we do not walk alone, Jesus
continues to walk with us”.
The Holy Father appointed Rev Joseph
Mwongela as bishop of the diocese of Kitui,
Kenya, Fr Joseph, of the clergy of Kitui,
currently vicar general of the same diocese.
The Reverend Joseph Mwongela was born
on 7 th April 1968 in Kakumi, diocese of Kitui.
He attended the preparatory year at Saint
Mary’s Senior Seminary in the diocese of
Nakuru (1989).
He carried out his studies in philosophy at Saint
Augustine’s Senior Seminary of Mabanga, in
the diocese of Bungoma (1990-1991) and
in theology at Saint Thomas Aquinas Major
Seminary in Nairobi (1992-1995). He was
ordained a priest on 7 th September 1996 for
the diocese of Kitui.
He subsequently held the following roles:
parish vicar of the Migwani parish (1996-
1997); parish priest of the Nguni parish
(1997-1998); formatter at the Saint Patrick
Formation House (1999-2001); diocesan
chancellor and, at the same time, director
of the diocesan office for vocational pastoral
care (2003-2008).
From 2003 to 2008 he studied in Rome
where he was awarded a licentiate from the
Pontifical Gregorian University (2003-2006)
and a doctorate in dogmatic theology from
the Angelicum (2005-2008).
He went on to serve as chaplain of the Mater
Misericordiae Hospital in Kitui (2008); parish
priest of the Muthale parish (2008-2013);
director of the Saint John Paul II Institute of
Professional Studies and parish priest of the
Boma parish (Our Lady of Africa Cathedral);
and vicar general of the diocese of Kitui
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