caritas in veritate
Caritas in Veritate will be his first social encyclical. [1]
The Vatican announced that the pope’s encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (Love in Truth), would be released July 7. [2]
Tomorrow in Rome, Pope Benedict XVI’s new encyclical Caritas in Veritate (Love in Truth) will be unveiled at a press conference. [3]
That, I believe, will be the theme that Pope Benedict XVI will pick up in Caritas in Veritate and carry forward. [4]
Benedict XVI follows in the footsteps of Pope Leo XIII and subsequent popes. [2]
Human greed is a form of idolatry that is against the true God, and is a falsification of the image of God with another god, Mammon. [...] In the economy as well, justice is established only if there are just persons. [4]
The pope wants this encyclical on global justice, delayed numerous times, to be released simultaneously in all major world languages. [1]
Speaking to the new Lithuanian ambassador to the Vatican in early November, the pope eloquently summarized his essential message in a few quick strokes, and in the process critiqued the consumer society. [5]
Courtesy of Rome Reports, here is a brief video in which the Pope discusses his encyclical about economics and ethics in the context of the current global financial crisis. [3]
The first chapter will remember the encyclicals Populorum Progressio of Pope Paul VI and Sollicitudo Rei Socialis of Pope John Paul II. [1]
Later social encyclicals built on its foundation and addressed growing concerns of labor and international finance. [2]
Benedict XVI: “Justice is only brought about if there are just people. [...] On June 13 2009, in an address entitled “A Modern Economy Respectful of the Rights of the Weakest,” the pope received members of the Centesimus Annus Pro Pontifice Foundation. [1]
He has made clear that this is not a theoretical faith built solely on theological arguments, but a faith lived in the real world among those who suffer, and based on the dual commandment to love God and one’s neighbor. [5]
Sources:
[1] Caritas in Veritate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[2] PAPAL ENCYCLICAL - Caritas in Veritate
[3] Who Asked What of the President?: National Catholic Register
[4] Post Right ” Caritas in Veritate
[5] Whispers in the Loggia: Caritas in Veritate