Catholic World News News Feature
Social encyclical due May 1? March 13, 2008
A new papal encyclical on Catholic social teaching will be released on May 1, according to the Italian ANSA news agency.
The Vatican has not commented on the timing of the encyclical's appearance.
In an interview carried on February 29 by the Italian daily La Repubblica, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone confirmed reports that the Pope would soon release his third encyclical, and that it would be dedicated to "international social problems, with special focus on developing nations."
ANSA said that the encyclical will be entitled Caritas in Veritate, and will build upon the previous encyclicals Populorum Progressio by Pope Paul VI and Sollicituod Rei Socialis by Pope John Paul II.
The ANSA report said that the publication of the encyclical could possibly be delayed by difficulties in translating the document into Chinese.
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