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Carmen Ramírez Moreno becomes first woman to lead Spanish bishops’ press office
The journalist, who has worked at the Spanish Episcopal Conference for roughly three decades, succeeds priest José Gabriel Vera Beorlegui. She had been deputy head of the office since 2023.
Memorial plaque to seven slain Franciscans blessed in Mostar
A plaque commemorating the friars killed on 14 February 1945 has been installed on the façade of the Monastery of Sts Peter and Paul. After Mass, the blessing was led by Fra Jozo Grbeš.
Spiritual Exercises for Priests in Šiljevište: Register by November 3, 2026
Travnik’s seminary announces spiritual exercises from November 10 to 13, 2026. Rev. Ljubo Zadrić is announced as the leader, and places are limited.
Eleven candidates admitted to the postulancy of the Herzegovinian Franciscan Province (Hercegovačke franjevačke provincije)
Provincial Friar Jozo Grbeš received the candidates in Mostar on October 3, 2026, on the 800th anniversary of Francis’s Transitus.