{"id":5387,"date":"2006-01-18T10:24:40","date_gmt":"2006-01-18T10:24:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/from-the-source.html"},"modified":"2006-01-18T10:24:40","modified_gmt":"2006-01-18T10:24:40","slug":"from-the-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/from-the-source.html","title":{"rendered":"From the source"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pope dishes on his encyclical:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pope Benedict XVI (bio<\/a> – news<\/a>) 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. <\/p>\n

Speaking to 8,000 people in the Paul VI auditorium, the Holy Father drew applause with his announcement. He gently acknowledged the intense media speculation about the document– which has reportedly been delayed by revisions and difficulties with translations– by saying that the encyclical would "finally" appear in one week. <\/p>\n

Pope Benedict said that his encyclical is an effort to explain the true nature of love, by discussing the "different dimensions" of human love. In today’s world, he observed, love is often discussed in language that " often appears as something far removed from Church teaching." But even romantic love points toward a higher form of charity, he said: "Eros<\/em> becomes agape<\/em> if one seeks the good of others, it becomes caritas<\/em> if it opens to one’s own family and to the entire human family." <\/p>\n

The encyclical goes on to say that "the very personal act of love must be expressed within the Church also as an organizational act," the Pope told his audience. He added: "If it is true that the Church is an expression of God, it must be true that love becomes an ecclesial act." Thus the encyclical takes a detailed look at the charitable activities of the Catholic Church. <\/p>\n

The Pope noted that the publication date, January 25, will coincide with the conclusion of the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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