News

• 6 April 2005
  AMERICA/PERU - "Humanity - and not only the 21st century - has lost one of its greatest men. A man who dazzled the world with his teaching and who will continue to enlighten us" Lima (Fides Service) - "The Bishops of Peru encourage Catholics to thank God for the gift of the life of the Holy Father, a priest, the Bishop of Rome and the Vicar of Christ on earth, at the service of humanity": this w ...
• 6 April 2005
  EUROPE/AUSTRIA - National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Austria recalls Pope John Paul II’s great “human warmth” and ability to establish a profound relationship even in the briefest of meetings Vienna (Fides Service) - The National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Austria, Rev. Fr. Leo Maasburg sent a statement to Fides in which he recalls especially Pope John Paul II’s “human warmth”. “O ...
• 6 April 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “John Paul II had the gift of overcoming distances in every sense!” said two missionary Bishops in Brazil originally from Austria Vienna (Fides Service) - Missionary Bishops of Austrian origin sent a note to Fides in which they recalled Pope John Paul II’s commitment for mission and also their personal meetings with him. Bishop Erwin Kräutler o ...
• 6 April 2005
  AFRICA/ZIMBABWE - “I cannot afford to come to Rome to pay tribute to the Pope, but I know I can always encounter him in my prayers” young Zimbabwean told Fides Harare (Fides Service)- “I would like so much to come to Rome to say farewell to Pope John Paul II but I cannot afford the journey” Peter, a 20 year old Zimbabwean Catholic in Harare, told Fides. “Most people in Zi ...
• 6 April 2005
  AFRICA/TANZANIA - We loved the Holy Father deeply but God loved him more and has called him to be with Him in heaven” said the Tanzanian Association of Catholic Women Dar es Salaam (Fides Service)- “We loved the Holy Father deeply but God loved him even more and has called him to be with Him in heaven. The best way to honour the Holy Father is to promote his message of love, justice ...
• 6 April 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “The youth of the world loses one it its greatest advocates” says secretary general for World Youth Day 2005 Cologne (Fides Service) - The secretary general for the organisation of the 20th World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany, in August this year, Rev. Fr Heiner Koch, said on behalf of the local committee “Weltjugendtag gGmb ...
• 6 April 2005
  EUROPE/SPAIN - “Grief for the death of the Pope but hope in the certainty that he is in heaven” says president of the Conference of Religious Father Ignacio Zabala Madrid (Fides Service) - Marianist Father Ignacio Zabala, President of the national Conference of Religious said this about John Paul II: “he was a Pope who transmitted a great sense of God the Father’s love for man ...
• 6 April 2005
  ASIA/TAIWAN - “For Catholics the death of the Pope is like losing our father” says Bishop Cheng secretary general of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference Taipei (Fides Service) - The Church in Taiwan is united in grief with the universal Church and the world, the secretary general of the Chinese Regional Bishops’ Conference Bishop John Chen told “Voice of America”: ...
• 6 April 2005
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “With the saints in heaven Pope John Paul II will continue to guide us on our earthly journey” says Bolivian Conference of Catholic Bishops La Paz (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the death of Pope John Paul the Bishops’ Conference of Bolivia issued a statement in which it affirmed “the people of Bolivia have vivid memories of his unforgettable visit ...
• 6 April 2005
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - John Paul II’s ministry and wisdom fostered communion in the Church and a spontaneous filial attitude among Catholics Bogota (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the death of Pope John Paul II the Council of Latin American Bishops’ Conferences is in communion with the whole universal Church in prayer to the Father of Mercy for his ete ...
• 6 April 2005
  EUROPE/GERMANY - “For our association the Pope was like a father” says Secretary General of Aid to the Church in Need Königstein (Fides Service) - “For Aid to the Church in Need the Pope was like a father” said Ms Antonia Willemsen, Secretary general of this Catholic association which assists the pastoral activities of the Church ...
• 6 April 2005
  AFRICA/BURKINA FASO - Patients at Our Lady of Fatima AIDS clinic in Ouagadougou mourn the Holy Father Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Patients at Our Lady of Fatima AIDS clinic in Ouagadougou run by Camillian Fathers are mourning the Holy Father and accompanying him with prayers as he goes to meet God whom he served with ...
• 6 April 2005
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "With his person the Pope won the hearts of the Mexican people": testimony by Fr. Francisco Gonzalez of the archdiocese of Guadalajara Guadalajara (Fides Service) - In 1979 when he made the first of his five visits to this country, the Popewent straight to the hearts of the Mexican people and there he will remain forever, Fr. Francisco González of the ...
• 6 April 2005
  AFRICA/CHAD - Radio Duji Lokar in Moundou southern Chad mourns the Pope Moundou (Fides Service)- Also in Chad people are mourning John Paul II. “All our programmes focus on the passing of the Pope. And we have announced that our radio will observe a week of mourning” said media operators ...
• 6 April 2005
  ASIA/UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Catholics in Persian Gulf countries pray for John Paul II Dubai (Fides Service)- On Sunday 3 April a requiem mass for Pope John Paul II was said in St Michael’s church in Dubai. “We have lost a great figure who was committed to the good of the whole of humanity,” said rep ...