The Pope Must Be a Genius
The Pope gave an address 22 December 2005
In it, he explains and reflects on … well, a lot.
He talks about Christmas, Christ, JP2, World Youth Day, Worship, Evil, Suffering, Vatican 2, the right and wrong way to understand Vatican 2, the reason why Vatican 2 needed to happen … there’s probably some other stuff … but that’s the stuff I remember off the top of my head.
Now, this is a long read … probably took me an hour to parse my way through it (I am a slow reader because I like to be sure I’m understanding as much as possible, so that means a lot of re-reading) … BUT YOU SHOULD READ THIS.
It offers … so much … oh, it even touches on religious freedom … and the nature of the deposit of faith and the expression of faith and historical continuity in the deposit of faith and the seemingly historical discontinuity in the expression of faith. Did I mention I found this read awesome?
I’ve read elsewhere that this should be viewed as a kind of mini-encyclical before the Pope’s first encyclical due out later this month. Rumor has it that the Pope will be on something of a rescue mission for Eros – Romantic/Sexual Love – in his encyclical. Judging by the way that this man has stirred my noodle even in small passages, I can’t wait … even if the rumors turn out wrong.