Encyclical Update

I’m getting reports from various places that suggest that B16’s first encyclical–Deus Caritas Est (Latin,"God Is Love")–will be released this week. One of them is

THIS STORY FROM CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY.

According to the story,

The text-46 pages- shorter though than the average encyclical of Pope John Paul II- is divided into two parts. The first one is dedicated to “the unity of love, the creation and the history of salvation”, and the second one to the notion of  “Caritas,” as the “exercise of love from the Church.”

According to a Vatican source, cited by the Italian daily La Repubblica, in the last chapter Pope Benedict XVI insists on the concept of “Love-Caritas,” and its relation to Catholic Charity organizations, he remarks that the this binomial will always be necessary, as well in more just societies.

The Pope notes too that Charitable work in the Church has to be totally separated from parties and ideologies, because Charity, being more than a way to change the worlds, is the achievement here and now of the love man always needs.”

GET THE STORY.

MORE FROM CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE (AS OPPOSED TO CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY).

They just better have it translated into English and posted on the Vatican’s web site when it’s released is all I have to say.

I’m just sayin’, is all.

Author: Jimmy Akin

Jimmy was born in Texas, grew up nominally Protestant, but at age 20 experienced a profound conversion to Christ. Planning on becoming a Protestant seminary professor, he started an intensive study of the Bible. But the more he immersed himself in Scripture the more he found to support the Catholic faith, and in 1992 he entered the Catholic Church. His conversion story, "A Triumph and a Tragedy," is published in Surprised by Truth. Besides being an author, Jimmy is the Senior Apologist at Catholic Answers, a contributing editor to Catholic Answers Magazine, and a weekly guest on "Catholic Answers Live."

7 thoughts on “Encyclical Update”

  1. The Italian Media has used it’s last “get-out-of-jail-free” card with me… I’ll beleive it when I’m reading it on the Vatican website, and no sooner. 🙂

  3. So here’s a question. What’s the differnece between the Catholic News Agency, Catholic News Service, etc.. Are they all just independant groups trying to report on Catholic stuff around the world? Do any of these groups have any sort of special connections to the Vatican itself?
    In people’s opinions, what’s the best one source to read? I normally check out the Catholic News Agency. Are they all the same?

  6. Vatican, Jan. 18 (CWNews.com) – Pope Benedict XVI (bio – news) today ended speculation about the publication date for his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est, by announcing at his regular weekly public audience that the document will be released on January 25.
    As you can see I use CWNews.com.
    Take care and God bless.
    J+M+J

  7. I tend to use zenit (www.zenit.org), simply because that’s the one I ran into first.
    Yeah, that’s the same with me and the Catholic News Agency, and now I’m too lazy to add another bookmark. 🙂

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