News

• 21 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Benedictine Abbot Primate Notker Wolf says “the choice of the name Benedict was an act of love ” Rome (Fides Service) - At the time of Cardinal Ratzinger’s election as Pope, Abbot Notker Wolf Primate of Confederated Benedictines since 2000, in Mexico at the time, was surprised at the choice of the name Benedict X ...
• 21 April 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane: “The Pope will strive to spread the message of Christ and the joy, happiness and dynamism which come with it”. Brisbane (Fides Service) - “Benedict XVI has the grave responsibility to lead the world’s one million Catholics. I was surprise that he was elected so swiftly, a fact which shows there was almost unanimous consensus. ...
• 20 April 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany: Benedict XVI will have to build bridges to promote peace, justice and reconciliation and continue dialogue with other religions and promote the development of the young Churches in Africa, Asia and Oceania Aachen/München (Fides Service) - The National directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Germany (misso Aachen/missio Münschen), Fr. Hermann Schalück OFM and Fr. Eric Enlgert OSA, sent a statement to Fides hail ...
• 20 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Pope Benedict XVI a prophet of truth and humility: testimony from Archbishop Francisco Perez Gonzelez, PMS National Director in Spain Madrid (Fides Service) - Pope Benedict XVI “is a great gift and we must be at his side with prayers and being united among ourselves” said Archbishop Francisco Pérez González, national director of the Pontifical M ...
• 20 April 2005
  AFRICA/EGYPT - “We pray Benedict XVI may be a bridge between the Church in the East and the Church in the West” Chaldean Catholic Bishop in Cairo told Fides Cairo (Fides Service) - “I was celebrating Mass when the white smoke appeared. I was informed and immediately announced to local Catholics the name of the new Pope Benedict XVI , faces were radiant with happiness”, C ...
• 20 April 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “Benedict XVI will open up the Church with ecumenical dialogue” says Archbishop of Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (Fides Service) - Archbishop Dadeus Gringo of Porto Alegre (Brazil) said in a press statement to the media in Brazil, the new Pontiff, Pope Benedict XVI, the first German Pope since the Middle Ages, is a man ...
• 20 April 2005
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "We greet with happiness and joy our new Holy Father. United to him we renew our commitment to support missionaries": National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States told Fides New York (Fides Service) - Mgr John E. Kozar, National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States sent Fides the following statement after the election of Pope Benedict 16th : “With happiness and jo ...
• 20 April 2005
  VATICAN - Pope Benedict XVI addresses message to Christians and all men and women of goodwill at the end of his first Mass with Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel: “From God I invoke unity and peace for the human family and declare the willingness of all Catholics to co-operate for true social development, one that respects the dignity of all human beings” Vatican City (Fides Service) - This morning, 20 April at 9am the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass with the Cardinals in the Sistine Chapel. At the end of the Mass the Pope read his message in Latin of whic ...
• 20 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - S. Egidio Community grateful to College of Cardinals for giving the Church and the world a new Bishop of Rome Rome (Fides Service) - “Deeply moved we listened to the words of Benedict XVI, the humility of his request for prayers, his confidence in the grace of God who knows how to employ our humanity to carry God’s friends ...
• 20 April 2005
  EUROPE/ITALY - Statement by Javier Echevarría Prelate of Opus Dei following election of the new Pope. “May John Paul II protect his Successor in this new Spring time!” Rome (Fides Service ) - “This is a time of great joy for the whole Church. Catholics the world over thank God for the gift of the new Pope Benedict XVI. For my part, and I am sure I am expressing the sentiments of al ...
• 20 April 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - President of Australian Bishops’ Conference Archbishop of Canberra welcomes Benedict XVI: “A Church leader of profound experience and renowned theological intellect” Rome(Fides Service) - Greeting the election of Benedict XVI President of the Australian Bishops’ Conference Archbishop Francis Carroll of Canberra said “He is the right Pope for this time: he will continue the age ...
• 20 April 2005
  AMERICA/CANADA - Aware of the global dimensions of its challenges and problems, contemporary society is searching for a universal pastor and teacher to proclaim the news of salvation, who articulates the joys and the hopes, fears and anxieties of this age”: Canadian Bishops send Message of congratulations to Benedict XVI Ottawa (Fides Service) - Most Reverend Brendan M. O’Brien, Archbishop of St. John’s, Newfoundland, and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB), sent a letter of congratulations to Pope Benedic ...
• 20 April 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - “We have a Pope! After feeling like orphans after the death of our beloved John Paul II we are filled with new joy and hope for the election of Benedict XVI Lima (Fides Service) - The “We have a Pope!” announcement filled Peruvians with joy. “Church bells all over the city rang to announce the election of Benedict XVI for the joy of all our people. After feeling like ...
• 20 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Theological writings of Pope Ratzinger translated and published in China in 2002 by the Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing Beijing (Fides Service) - Theological writings of Pope Benedict XVI when he was still Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger were translated published in Chinese in 2002, an expert on relations between China and the Holy See told F ...
• 20 April 2005
  ASIA/CHINA - Showers of congratulations from Catholics and non: “He has taken the name of the Pope who wrote Maximum illud which speaks of mission in China” Beijing (Fides Service) - Showers of congratulations for Benedict XVI are coming from Chinese Catholics everywhere. “Today at Mass we prayed for our Pope Benedict XVI and his mission. We wish him well. Benedict XVI ...