Pope's Encyclical Sends a 'Lovely' Message- February 1, 2006 The fact that the Pope's first encyclical was a message of love perhaps softened his image as a stern enforcer in his former capacity of Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. We at the Pope Blog feel that this document is a truer representation of the Pope's personality and heart than any 'image' the mainstream media projects, anyway.The Guardian reports:The 78-year-old pontiff devoted much of the first half of his treatise to the relationship between Eros - erotic love -...http://thepopeblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/popes-encyclical-sends-lovely-message.html |