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Love still sells:<\/a><\/p>\n

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It’s been just over a year since its release, yet Pope Benedict XVI’s first Encyclical letter <\/a>continues to be a best seller.  According to the Rome-based ANSA news agency the Pontiff\u2019s profound discussion of human and divine love is proving to be one of the most commercially successful doctrinal tracts ever written by a Pope.<\/p>\n

The 72-page document, Deus Caritas Est (God is Love), has been reprinted three times in the German Pope’s own language, three times in Spanish and sold almost 1.5 million copies in Italian.<\/p>\n

Its success has also meant that, for the first time in modern history, the Latin version of a papal document has had to be reprinted. The initial run of 1,000 copies sold out in two months.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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