The Swiss Bishops’ Conference, in a statement issued on Tuesday to announce the election of the new Pope to the country, “pledges its fidelity and prayer to the successor of Peter, Pope Benedict XVI, and raises an invocation to God that the paths of Christian unity may increasingly converge”. “Habemus Papam” we have a Pope declare the bishops. “In communion with the whole Church the Swiss Bishops’ Conference is delighted to announce the election of Pope Benedict XVI. In the person of the new Holy Father, the bishops and faithful of Switzerland recognize the 264th successor of Peter”.
