Holy Father’s social encyclical to be released July 7

Vatican City, Jul 1, 2009 / 08:56 am

The Vatican has announced that Pope Benedict’s third encyclical, “Caritas in veritate” (Charity in Truth) will be presented on Tuesday, July 7 at 11:30 a.m. local time.

Last Sunday, following the recitation of the Angelus, the Holy Father revealed that the publication of his latest encyclical “is imminent” and noted that the document delves “more deeply into certain aspects of the integral development of our age, in the light of charity and of truth.”

Those participating in Tuesday’s conference will be: Cardinal Renato Raffaele Martino and Bishop Giampaolo Crepaldi, respectively president and secretary of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace; Cardinal Paul Josef Cordes, president of the Pontifical Council "Cor Unum," and Stefano Zamagni, professor of political economy at the University of Bologna, Italy and consultor of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.