Fr. Robert Francis Christian, OP has just been appointed as a Consultor to the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity by the Holy Father. This appointment will be for 5 years…
The Holy Father has just appointed the Dominican Bishop Charles Morerod of Lausanne, Geneve and Fribourg, Switzerland as a member of the Congregation for Catholic Education. Rev….
Fr. Herminio V. Dagohoy, OP has been formally appointed as the 96th rector of the Pontifical University of St Thomas, Manila in the Philippines. Fr Dagohoy was born on the 8th of July…
On the 22nd of December 1216, Pope Honorius III proclaimed a Bull which formally confirmed the foundation of the Order of Preachers. By 2016, it will be 800 years since the Order was…
The Dominican Bishop Vilhelms Toms-Marija Lapelis of the Diocese of Liepaja in the Republic of Latvia has presented his letter of resignation to the Holy Father. According to the…
The brothers of the Elective Chapter of the Province of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Croatia have just reelected Fr. Anto Gavric as their Prior Provincial for the next…
Pope Benedict XVI has named Archbishop Augustine Di Noia, O.P., to the post of vice president of the Pontifical Commission ‘Ecclesia Dei’. The appointment of a high-ranking…
Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Jean-Louis Brugues O.P. as Archivist and Librarian of Holy Roman Church. Archbishop Brugus, is the former Bishop of Angers. He is…
According to the Vatican Information Services (VIS), the Holy Father has accepted the resignation of Bishop Leonardo Gomez Serna Jorge, OP from the care of the Diocese of Magangue,…
During their fifteenth Elective Chapter, the friars of the Dominican Province of the Assumption elected Fr Kevin Saunders as their prior provincial for the second term. This election…