RATZINGER ELETTO PAPA COL NOME DI BENEDETTO XVI

(ANSAmed) - ROMA, 19 APR - Il cardinale Joseph Ratzinger è stato eletto Papa col nome di Benedetto XVI. Il successore di Giovanni Paolo II si è affacciato alla finestra centrale della Basilica di San Pietro da dove ha rivolto la benedizione alla folla di fedeli radunati in piazza. (ANSAmed). KTY 19/04/2005 19:00  
 

RATZINGER IS NEW POPE WITH THE NAME OF BENEDICT XVI

(ANSAmed) - VATICAN CITY, APRIL 19 - Joseph Ratzinger of Germany was elected new Pope with the name of Benedict XVI. The successor of John Paul II appeared at the main balcony of St Peter's Basilica and gave his first Urbi et Orbi (To the City and the World) blessing. "After the great Pope John Paul II, the cardinals elected me, a simple, humble worker in the vineyards of the Lord", said the new Pope. "It consoles me that the Lord is able to work with inadequate instruments and above all I entrust myself to your prayers", he added, speaking Italian. (ANSAmed). PEM 19/04/2005 19:06