Catholic Fire

Pope Benedict XVI received President Barack Obama this afternoon in his private library, and after 36 minutes of private conversation, the pair emerged without providing any details about their topics of conversation. Nevertheless, the Holy See revealed that the Pope gave Obama an “unannounced gift”--a Vatican document on bioethics and the right to life. "The G8 has been very productive, 20 billion dollars have been allocated [to poor countries]; that's something concrete," President Obama told the Pope when he asked about the summit, as photographers and journalists were ushered out of the Papal library. I wonder how much of that 20 billion dollars will be spent on "family planning" AKA birth control, forced abortions, etc. which in reality is actually given to Planned Parenthood for eugenics purposes? How much will actually be spent 0n food, clothing, shelter and other basic necessities? The meeting between the Pope and the U.S. President started at 4:25 p.m. ...

The Holy Father's third encyclical, "Charity in Truth" came out yesterday and can be found online in its entirety here . A summary of it is available here. I need to spend some time digging into it. Isn't it amazing how the secular media is able to speed read it and to understand it immediately?

ROME, JULY 10, 2008 ( Zenit.org ).- Benedict XVI is reportedly working on his third encyclical this summer, which could be ready as early as this fall.The Pope's secretary of state confirmed the existence of the document in an interview with the APCOM news agency last May. He even proposed a possible title: "Caritas in Veritate" (Charity in the Truth) and said this, the Holy Father's third encyclical, could be ready in the fall. MORE