Special Issue

• 25 April 2005
  OCEANIA/AUSTRALIA - "With Benedict XVI to guide her the Church of the third millennium will find the right path to face the challenge of re-evangelisation" Cardinal George Pell, archbishop of Sydney told Fides Rome (Fides Service) - "I am very happy that the College of Cardinals elected Benedict XVI. I believe this was the working of the Holy Spirit of which we were the instruments. I am convinced the Church will be safe under ...
• 25 April 2005
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - “The election of the new Pontiff is a moment of great hope for all the members of the Church and for all who, while not members, appreciate the Church’s work” Cardinal Nicolas de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo told Fides. Rome (Fides Service) - “Widespread expectation for the election of the new Pope was the result of the long a brilliant pontificate of John Paul II, a man of great acts which remain in the hearts of the whole world. Fo ...
• 25 April 2005
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - “When Benedict XVI was elected I immediately and with joy accepted it as the will of God certain that he was the man God willed to be Pope” said Cardinal Geraldo Majella Agnelo, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil. Rome (Fides Service) - “The election of a Pope is an act of faith, not a political act. Therefore whoever is elected is the Vicar of Christ, since we know in faith that Christ Jesus in person leads his Church and He th ...
• 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
  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
  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
  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 ...
• 11 April 2005
  VATICAN - LIGHTS AND SHADOWS OF AFRICA EMERGING FROM SPECIAL SYNOD FOR AFRICA CALLED BY POPE JOHN PAUL II - Apostolic Exhortation “Ecclesia in Africa” Vatican City (Fides Service) - The Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, signed the post synodal apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in Africa in Yaounde, Cameroon, on 14 September 1995. The document was drafted, the Pope said, at ...
• 11 April 2005
  First official document promulgated outside the Vatican: John Paul II signed the post synodal exhortation during his 11th pastoral visit to Africa Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the 14th of September 1995 Pope John Paul II left Rome for his 67th international apostolic journey which took him for the 11th time to Africa, and more precisely to Cameroon, South Afr ...
• 11 April 2005
  The Path of the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the solemnity of the Epiphany 1989, the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, announced his intention to convoke a Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Africa. The publication of the L ...
• 11 April 2005
  CAMEROON - “Beloved Africa, despite poverty and suffering walk your path with confidence!” Yaounde (Fides Service) - In the afternoon of Thursday 14 September 1995 Pope John Paul II arrived in Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, which he had already visited in 1985. During the morning of 15 September the Pope presi ...
• 11 April 2005
  SOUTH AFRICA - “Church of Africa: a Mission Church which becomes a Missionary Church Johannesburg (Fides Service) - On Saturday 16 September 1995, John Paul II left Yaounde, capital of Cameroon, to fly to South Africa for his first official visit to thatcountry at last on the path to democracy after long ...
• 7 December 2004
  EUROPE/ITALY - 150th anniversary of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception - “an endless river of grace and holiness” : from the Shrine of Our Lady Queen of the Rosary in Pompei Pompei (Agenzia Fides) - “On 5 November 2003, when Pope John Paul II appointed me Bishop of Pompei and Papal Delegate for the Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary built in 1876 by Blessed Bartolo Longo, he asked me in the ...
• 7 December 2004
  EUROPE/POLAND - 150th anniversary of the Dogma of the Immaculate Conception - “Looking at Mary, we see what God’s love can achieve when man makes no resistance”: from the shrine of Jasna Gura in Czestochowa Czestochowa (Fides Service) - “The Jubilee year of the proclamation of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception reminds us of its unchanging importance. To understand the Immaculate Conception properly we must consider ...