Monday 1 July 2013

Pope Francis' first encyclical "Lumen Fidei" to be published this Friday, July 5th


The Holy Father, incorporating draft materials from his venerable predecessor, the great Benedict XVI, will issue his first encyclical this coming Friday. 

Vatican City, 1 July 2013 (VIS) - Pope Francis' first encyclical, entitled “Lumen Fidei”, will be published on Friday 5 July. The document, described as “not very extensive” by the director of the Holy See Press Office, Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J., will be presented at a Press Conference by Cardinal Marc Ouellet, P.S.S., prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization.

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