Pope Francis will finish Benedict’s encyclical on faith-CathNews NZ

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 that Pope Benedict would finish writing the encyclical and Pope Francis would sign it.

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