Coming 30 September 2008 Papa Benedetto's 3rd Encyclical - Caritas in Veritate

Apparently. Usually there is an advance notice from the Vatican when a new encyclical is coming out. You don't expect to find out about it from Amazon.com 1st. But there it on their site as coming out on 30 Sept. Ditto for Borders, Deep Discount & Buy.com websites. Barnes & Noble as well as publisher Ignatius Press just says September 2008 without a specific date for Love in Truth.) I didn't even find anything on Zenit. & usually it comes out from the Vatican before it is published in book form. I suspect that this was the tentative date of publication based on when the Vatican's original release date, but something has delayed it. (I may be wrong.)

From the description it sounds like it will be interesting. It promises to have much to think about & digest. It will definitely challenge us & society as a whole to look at where we are in comparison to what the Gospel says. I am looking forward to reading it.

Sadly, I suspect the media will do the usual hatchet job & twist it to their views where it suits them & ignore (or downplay) what he says on abortion & the other issues they disagree with him on. & a lot of people won't read it, but use the media's description to uphold or attack it. So what else is new?

Now to see if it does come out Tuesday.

Here is Ignatius's description:

Pope Benedict’s third encyclical, Love in Truth (Caritas in Veritate), applies the themes of his first two encyclicals —love and hope (God Is Love, Saved in Hope) — to the world’s major social issues. Drawing on moral truths open, in principle, to everyone (the natural law) as well as on the teachings of the gospel (revelation), Pope Benedict addresses Catholics and non-Catholics alike, challenging us all to recognize and then to confront the social evils of our day.
The first part of the encyclical examines the dynamic teaching of Benedict’s predecessors, Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II. Both men contributed greatly to the body of doctrine known as “Catholic social teaching”. Both men challenged the simplistic division of political perspectives into “conservative” and “liberal”, and “right” and “left”. Both men were convinced that the natural moral law and the teaching of the Gospel were indispensable for a world in desperate search of hope and meaning.
In the second part Benedict surveys the social issues that confront the human race today—assaults on the dignity of the human person such as the attack on human life, poverty, issues of war and peace, terrorism, globalization, and environmental concerns. Benedict provides sound moral principles to address these social and economic problems, and to promote a culture of life and genuine peace.
In this outstanding work, Pope Benedict shows us why so many observers regard him as the world’s leading moral voice, as well as one of the most insightful and profound social/political thinkers of our day.

H/T: American Papist