644 EAO news from around the region
A COLLECTION OF INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS FROM AROUND THE REGION/CONGREGATION.
 
V. Klement sdb
 
ROME: 20h December -- 1. Today in Japan  the nomination of a new Provincial: was made public
Fr. Orlando Puppo, born 1941.04.25 in Argentina, missionary in Japan since 1965, since 2001 was Provincial Vicar.   Speaks Spanish, Japanese, Italian, English, Portugese, French . He was working for 26 years in the missions in southern island of Kyushu, involved
also in the pastoral for migrants from Latin America. Delegate of GIA to GC 25.
2. The new portal site:
www.sdb.org is under construction, will be opened  from January
3. January 6th will be the ordination of 2 more Salesian bishops: after Mons. La Piana (Sicilian ex Provincial) the next was nominated yesterday Fr. Angelo Amato, ex dean of UPS 
theology - was appointed as successor of Mons. Bertone, - the Secretary of the Congregation of  the Faith...
 
OTHER NEWS (AUS)
Father Norman Ford SDB was invited to speak on "Human embryonic stem cell
research: the position of the Catholic Church" at an International Congress
on Ethics in Organ Transplantation held in Munich, Germany, 9-13 December.
Over 220 participants were registered. His talk was well received.  Most
participants show no willingness to support such research nor therapeutic
cloning