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 of profound spirituality, but most of all he is a man of dialogue: “He will help open up the Church with ecumenical dialogue”. (R.Z.) (Agenzia Fides 20/4/2005, righe 5, parole 73)