Monday, October 08, 2012

Benedict XVI’s encyclical on faith due out January

The PopePope Benedict XVI’s next encyclical which focuses on the theme of faith, is almost ready. 

“The Pope - a high-ranking prelate in the Curia explained – finished writing it this summer in Castel Gandolfo and the text will be published by January 2013.”
 
The publication of the new encyclical will be a key moment in the Year of Faith which kicks off this coming 11 October.

One of the reasons why the text will be published at the beginning of next year, despite the fact the Pope has finished it, is so that it does not overlap with the publication of the Pope’s third volume on Jesus of Nazareth, expected this coming Christmas.

The Pope’s text - the prelate said, having read the draft versions – is beautiful. Benedict XVI manages to express even the most complex and very deep truths using simple language which has a widespread reach that goes beyond all imagination.”

The issue of faith completes the triptych of theological virtues already discussed by Pope Benedict XVI in other encyclicals on charity - Deus caritas est (2006) - and on hope – Spe Salvi (2007).