News
6 April 2005
EUROPE/ITALY - Caritas: John Paul II parish priest of the world
Rome (Fides Service) - Caritas Italy is united in prayer with the whole Church to accompany Pope John Paul from earthly life to eternal life and to thank God for giving us the enlightenment and guidance of this Pontiff. ...
6 April 2005
EUROPA/ITALY - Italian Catholic University Federation: at this moment of grief we pray for the Holy Father and for the whole Church and we thank God for this extraordinary Pontificate
Rome (Fides Service) - We university students grew up with this Pope as our teacher, but above all as a witness: in a thousands ways he told us we must have faith and live our faith and we must share it with everyone, so ...
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 ...
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