AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Continental Mission, 3rd National Pastoral Plan, the Year of St. ...

AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Continental Mission, 3rd National Pastoral Plan, the Year of St. Paul, and the election of the new directive team, are among the themes for the Plenary Assembly Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – During the celebration of the 46th Plenary Assembly of the Bishops’ Conference of the Dominican Republic (CED), which took place in early July 2008, a new directive team was elected: President - Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo; Vice-President – Bishop Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez of the Diocese of La Altagracia, Higüey; Secretary General – Fr. Francisco Antonio Jiménez Rosario; Assistant Secretary – Fr. Carmelo Santana. The Permanent Council of the CED has remained with the same President, Vice-President, and Secretaries, in addition to Bishops... [read full story]