Pope Benedict XVI released Spe Salvi (Saved in Hope) today. The very word "encyclical" seems intimidating but I often have found encyclicals to be surprisingly easy to read and understand.
So now the Pope has written about love and hope. Can an encyclical on faith be far behind?
John Allen reports "Benedict wanted this encyclical to appear in the Christmas season, since Christmas is the great feast of the Incarnation, traditionally understood as the principal symbol of Christian hope. On Saturday, the church enters the period of Advent, pointing towards Christmas."
Get the Vatican's English translation of Spe Salvi.
John Allen has two articles about it already which I will be reading after I have read the document itself.
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