Zenit interview on new encyclical: God is Love

[BarbaraTherese]

I have done a couple of seaches and hope this article has not appeared in another thread: Link

zenit.org/english/visualizza.phtml?sid=83660

**Interview With **
Director of Cardinal Van Thuân Observatory

A portion from the text…

"…Instead, in actuality, according to Benedict XVI’s first encyclical, charity makes justice itself possible. Not only because the poor are always going to be with us, as the Gospel says – and therefore “there is no just state system which might make love’s service superfluous” – but especially because charity “cleanses” justice, just like faith cleanses reason.

This is a pivotal concept in those paragraphs of “Deus Caritas Est” that are more strictly focused on the relationship between justice and charity. The social doctrine of the Church is actually based on this task of “purification,” therefore the social doctrine is central to the Church’s global mission of “diakonia.” …"

 

[Toni]

Thank you for posting this. I love zenit news.

 

[BarbaraTherese]

Toni:

Thank you for posting this. I love zenit news.

A rich source of news, topical matters, inspiritation and spiritual nourishment…all things Catholic…and from Rome, often quoting The Holy Father himself. And Zenit is an extremely reliable source.

Peace…Barb