Posts Tagged ‘encyclical on faith’

Pope Francis will finish Benedict’s encyclical on faith

Friday, May 31st, 2013

Pope Francis intends to complete an encyclical on faith that was begun by his predecessor, Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi confirmed that Pope Francis would complete the encyclical on the virtue of faith, but said it would be “premature” to guess when it would be completed. He denied a previous report Read more

Pope Benedict finishes book, may write encyclical on faith

Tuesday, August 7th, 2012

Pope Benedict has completed the third volume of his Jesus of Nazareth trilogy and may follow it with a new encyclical for the Year of Faith. Since the Pope has already written encyclicals on hope and charity, there has long been speculation that he would address the third theological virtue with an encyclical on faith. Read more