Wednesday, July 01, 2009

First 'Google' encyclical out for G8 summit

In a bid to impact the upcoming G8 summit, Pope Benedict’s long awaited encyclical on markets and morality - dubbed the first “google encyclical’ because researchers used the search engine to access the latest economic research - will now be published on 2 July.

Pope Benedict signed the document Monday, the Times Online reports, but the text, which focuses on globalisation, poverty and the financial crisis, will be published 48 hours before the meeting of world leaders at L’Aquila in Italy - a week-long delay.

Caritas in veritate, Love or charity in truth, will outline the ethical values that the faithful must “tirelessly defend” to ensure “true freedom and solidarity”, the Pope said recently.

He said that the global downturn demonstrated the need to “rethink economic and financial paradigms that have been dominant in recent years.”

The encyclical analyses the destructive effect on society of the pursuit of commercial or private interests without “social responsibility” or “conscience and honesty”.

It proposes an international agreement on globalisation based on “the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity” and “the values of charity and truth”.

The Pope has been working on the encyclical for two years, but delayed it in order to bring it up to date and reflect the global economic crisis.

Its publication has been further delayed by translation problems into Latin, according to the Italian newspaper la Repubblica.

Although Pope Benedict has encouraged a return to Latin in the liturgy, there is a dwindling number of experts able to find Latin equivalents for terms such as “market value” and “tax haven”.

This encyclical will be the first written with the help of Google, the Times Online says.

Theologians have done months of research on the internet to ensure the new document is up to date with its economics as well as its theology.
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