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God Is Love: Understanding Benedict XVI’s First Encyclical is unavailable, but you can change that!

“We have come to believe in God’s love; in these words the Christian can express the fundamental decision of his life.” So begins the first encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI, Deus Caritas Est. To help every Catholic understand the content and significance of this first encyclical of our new pope, Jimmy Akin has constructed a guide covering both the issues surrounding the nature of a papal...

Benedict explains: “These words from the first letter of John express with remarkable clarity the heart of the Christian faith.” He addresses this in the first section of the encyclical: In a world where the name of God is sometimes associated with vengeance or even a duty of hatred and violence, this message is both timely and significant. For this reason, I wish in my first encyclical to speak of the love that God lavishes upon us and
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