Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V. Credit: Fall River diocese. Vatican City .- It was announced by the Vatican earlier today that Pope Francis has tapped Bishop Edgar Moreira da Cunha, S.D.V., auxiliary for Newark, N.J., to lead the diocese of Fall River, Mass. “Today, with a mixture of great joy and sadness, I congratulate Bishop Edgar da Cunha on his appointment as Bishop of Fall River,” Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark said in a July 3 statement. “I am confident that the priests, religious and laity of the diocese of Fall River will quickly come to appreciate his many gifts as he undertakes his pastoral office among them.”
Rais wa zamani wa Burkinafaso Blaise Compaore sasa ni raia wa Ivory Coast Rais alieondolewa madarakani nchini Burkina Faso Blaise Compaore amepewa uraia wa Ivory coast, na hivyo kuondolewa kwa matarajio ya kurejeshwa nyumbani kukabiliana na mashtaka ya mauaji dhidi yake . Agizo la kumpatia uraia lilitolewa na rais Alassane Ouattara mnamo mwezi wa Novemba 2014, lakini amri hiyo imefahamika sasa. Blaise Compaore amekua uhamishoni Ivory coast tangu alipopinduliwa na jeshi mwaka 2014 Bwana Compaore anatafutwa kwa madai ya kuhusika katika mauaji ya kiongozi maarufu wa wa zamani wa Thomas Sankara mwaka 1987.