It has been made known that Pope Benedict XVI will sign his second encyclical on November 30. It is entitled, "Spe Salvi, "Saved by Hope". This is a follow-up to his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est "God is Love" published in December of 2006. The pattern seems to be that Benedict focuses on a specific virtue (faith, hope, and love) as the subject of his encyclicals.In an interview Cardinal Tarciso Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, commented that the Pope will use 2008 to "underline in a concrete way the work of the church's organs of justice and peace across the world,". Could then, Spe Salvi, be the precursor that will set an infrastructure for 08? We will have to wait and see.
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