Spe Salve

Full text of "Spe Salvi", Encyclical Letter of Pope Benedict XVI
The full text of the encyclical Spe Salvi (Saved by Hope) has been released on the Vatican website:
ENCYCLICAL LETTER
SPE SALVI
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
BENEDICT XVI
TO THE BISHOPS
PRIESTS AND DEACONS
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS
AND ALL THE LAY FAITHFUL
ON CHRISTIAN HOPE
In case the Vatican website is slow, I've created a word document of the text and uploaded it here. CNA has published the text here. Zenit here (and PDF here). Reuters has published the excerpts it likes here.
Reuters coverage: "New Papal encylical blasts atheism, promises hope". CNA has coverage here.
John Allen has published his commentary here. More commentaries as I find them.
Udate: From today's Vatican bulletino:
FIRM HOPE IS NECESSARY FOR FACING DIFFICULTIES
SPE SALVI, THE POPE'S ENCYCLICAL ON CHRISTIAN HOPE
Update 2: CNS: "People need God to have hope, pope says in new encyclical" & Sandro Magister here.
I'll be printing out the encyclical today and reading the text over the weekend.
What a wonderful way to prepare for Advent!
[photo: REUTERS/Osservatore Romano (VATICAN)]
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