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(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis on Saturday appointed an Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar.  Filipino Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla who is serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrein, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula, has now been appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar as well.  He takes over from Canadian-born Arch. Petar Antun Rajic who was transferred as Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and  Sao Tome and Principe in June 2015. Arch. Padilla was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait and Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula in April 2016.  The 63-year old prelate has served in the Holy See’s diplomatic missions in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Austria, India, Japan and Australia.  He was also Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.  Prior to his appointment to the Arabian Peninsula, Archbishop Padilla was Apostolic Nuncio in Tanzania.  The Archbishop is f...

(Vatican Radio)  Pope Francis on Saturday appointed an Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar.  Filipino Archbishop Francisco Montecillo Padilla who is serving as Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait, Bahrein, Yemen, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula, has now been appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Qatar as well.  He takes over from Canadian-born Arch. Petar Antun Rajic who was transferred as Apostolic Nuncio to Angola and  Sao Tome and Principe in June 2015. 

Arch. Padilla was appointed Apostolic Nuncio to Kuwait and Apostolic Delegate to the Arabian Peninsula in April 2016.  The 63-year old prelate has served in the Holy See’s diplomatic missions in the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Austria, India, Japan and Australia.  He was also Apostolic Nuncio to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands.  Prior to his appointment to the Arabian Peninsula, Archbishop Padilla was Apostolic Nuncio in Tanzania.  The Archbishop is fluent in English, Spanish, Italian, French and German.  The official residence of the Apostolic Nuncio to the Arabian Peninsula countries is in Kuwait.  

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(Vatican Radio)  A new Bishop has succeeded in the Diocese of Ba Ria Diocese  in Vietnam.  After Pope Francis accepted the resignation on Saturday of Bishop Thomas Nguyen Van Tram on reaching the retirement age of 75, Coadjutor Bishop Emmanuel Nguyen Hong Son became the bishop.   Unlike an auxiliary bishop, a coadjutor bishop has the right to succession in the case of the ‎retirement, resignation or death of the current bishop.  ‎  Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Hong Son, who is 64, Coadjutor of Ba Ria  in Nov. 2015.   Ba Ria is a suffragan of Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh (Hochiminh Ville) ecclesiastical territory.   

(Vatican Radio)  A new Bishop has succeeded in the Diocese of Ba Ria Diocese  in Vietnam.  After Pope Francis accepted the resignation on Saturday of Bishop Thomas Nguyen Van Tram on reaching the retirement age of 75, Coadjutor Bishop Emmanuel Nguyen Hong Son became the bishop.   Unlike an auxiliary bishop, a coadjutor bishop has the right to succession in the case of the ‎retirement, resignation or death of the current bishop.  ‎  Pope Francis had appointed Bishop Hong Son, who is 64, Coadjutor of Ba Ria  in Nov. 2015.   Ba Ria is a suffragan of Thanh-Pho Ho Chi Minh (Hochiminh Ville) ecclesiastical territory.   

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Todd Pletcher will saddle three horses in the Kentucky Derby, a race that features no clear favorite and a chance of early rain....

MONZA, Italy (AP) -- Eliud Kipchoge was 26 seconds from making history on Saturday but the Olympic champion finished just short of becoming the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours....

BEIRUT (AP) -- Relative calm prevailed Saturday in wide parts of war-ravaged Syria despite sporadic violations and clashes after a deal to set up "de-escalation zones" in mostly opposition-held areas went into effect, opposition activists and government media outlets said....

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- Two trainers saddling three horses each. A horse trying to win for the first time. The early favorite whose training was interrupted. Another attempting to overcome irascible behavior....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- A former anti-government student leader, Moon Jae-in stands poised to succeed ousted leader Park Geun-hye, the daughter of the slain South Korean dictator who jailed him in the 1970s....

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Country music legend Loretta Lynn has been hospitalized after having a stroke, her publicist said Friday....

MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Aliyah Hussein and the 25 family members sheltering with her in Mosul's western Mahatta neighborhood are surviving by picking wild greens growing in a park near their home. Hussein mixes the vegetables with small amounts of rice and tomato paste to make a thin soup that is often her family's only meal....

DALLAS (AP) -- A white Texas police officer faces a murder charge in the shooting of a black teenager after being fired earlier in the week, authorities said....