News

• 23 April 2005
  AFRICA/MADAGASCAR - “A Pope who will work for peace and the implementation of Vatican II” Cardinal Razafindratandra Archbishop of Antananarivo in Madagascar told Fides Rome (Fides Service)- “A Pope who will work for peace and security for all” His Eminence Cardinal Armand Gaétan Razafindratandra, Archbishop of Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar, told Fides, commenting the electio ...
• 23 April 2005
  AFRICA/GHANA - “A European Pope is a blessing also for the Church in Africa” says Cardinal Turkson archbishop of Cape Coast in Ghana Rome (Fides Service)- “Pope Benedict XVI coming from Europe represents hope also for the Churches in mission territories. I see him as a providential choice” African Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson archbishop of ...
• 23 April 2005
  ASIA/INDIA - “Pope Benedict XVI is the natural heir of John Paul II. The people of India thank God for this great gift” Cardinal Telesphore Toppo archbishop of Ranchi told Fides Vatican City (Fides Service) - “I believe God always does the right thing at the right time. It is true, as the new Pope Benedict XVI said, the Lord works also through imperfect instruments, but for us He also finds th ...
• 23 April 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “With Benedict XVI we know where the Church is going” Cardinal Paul Shan, Bishop of Kaohsiung told Fides Vatican City (Fides Service) - “Catholic clergy and laity in China have great respect for the new Pope. They are filled with hope and are praying hard for him”, Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-hsi bishop of Kaohsiung in Taiwa ...
• 23 April 2005
  VATICAN - Missionary world and the opening of the pontificate of Benedict XVI Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the opening of the pontificate of Benedict XVI Fides is collecting statements from Cardinals from all over the missionary world. Today we have statements from a few Cardi ...
• 23 April 2005
  ASIA/PHILIPPINES - “Benedict XVI is a man of humility, a father who knows how to listen and he will be a trusted guide” Cardinal Ricardo Vidal Archbishop of Cebu tells Fides Vatican (Fides ) - “We are very happy for our new Holy Father. We have a new shepherd and we know he is the right man to lead the Church. We trust he will be our guide on our journey in this world, that he will preserv ...
• 23 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “The union of people of the same sex cannot be called marriage. They are acting outside all coherence and common sense" the Dean of the Alfonso VIII International University in Soria told Fides VIII Soria (Fides Service) - “The law recently approved by parliament is another act of imprudence on the part of the Spanish government” D. Carlos de la Casa, Dean of the Alfonso VIII International University in Sorìa, ...
• 23 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “A homosexual union cannot be called marriage : this is a lie, a contradiction, a falsification, and moral perversion”: Archbishop Francisco Pérez González tells Fides Madrid (Fides Service) - “The term ‘homosexual marriage’ is a contradiction, a perversion" Archbishop Francisco Pérez González military ordinary and national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Spain ...
• 22 April 2005
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “May the Holy Father Benedict XVI inspire and guide our people in search of its human and Christian face” says Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference delegate for Health Pastoral Quito (Fides Service) - Camillian Fr Alberto Redaelli Ecuadorian Bishops’ Conference delegate for Health Pastoral and chairman of the Foundation for Palliative Treatment Hospital opened by the Camillian Fathers, sent t ...
• 22 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Cursillos of Christianity pray in St Paul’s Basilica for John Paul II and the new Pope Benedict XVI Rome (Fides Service) - On Saturday 23 April in St Paul’s Basilica some 4.000 members of the Cursillos of Christianity Movement in Italy will hold an all day prayer event, 9am to 5pm, for the repose of the soul of John ...
• 22 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Italian Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate Maria in Loreto to celebrate 10th anniversary of the canonisation of founder St. Eugene De Mazenod Loreto (Fides Service) - Italian Oblate Missionaries of Mary Immaculate with laymen and young people who share the same Oblate charisma will be in Loreto for two days, 23 and 24 April to celebrate the 10th anniversary o ...
• 22 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - “We send messages to the Pope to tell him that we love him already a lot, China loves him, our people love him and we want him to come to China soon!” Beijing (Fides Service) - “It’s so exciting”, “I am telling everyone to send messages to Pope Benedict XVI to let him know that China loves him”. “No matter whether he answers or not, I know he must be very ...
• 22 April 2005
  ASIA/MALESIA - In Malaysia every day 20 more people are infected with HIV where already 58,000 are HIV+ Rome (Fides Service) - The Malaysian health ministry has reported that at the beginning of January the number of HIV+ people in the country was 58,000, that every day 20 more people are infected and two people die of AID ...
• 22 April 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses the college of Cardinals: “the intense emotions experienced are followed by a deep desire for silence and two complementary feelings: an ardent desire of the heart to express gratitude and a sense of human inadequacy in the face of the lofty task awaiting me” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning in the Sala Clementina in the Apostolic Building the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI received in audience all the Cardinal present in Rome. “The intense emotions experienced on ...
• 22 April 2005
  AFRICA/BENIN - Catholics in Benin rejoice for the election of Benedict XVI Cotonou (Fides Service)- “The election of Benedict XVI was welcomed with great joy here in Benin” a journalist working for “Radio Immaculate Conception” in Cotonou, capital of Benin told Fides. “As soon as ...