Bring the Bible into the life of the People of God that they may know how to face the unprecedented challenges that the modern age poses to the new evangelization. This is what Benedict XVI said in his speech to the students of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, which is currently celebrating its centenary.Recalling the Vatican Council II Dogmatic Constitution on the role of Sacred Scripture in the life of the Church, the Pope noted that reading Scripture as a unified whole means reading it on the basis of the Church and maintaining faith in the Church as the true key for its interpretation.Tradition does not close access to Scripture, but it opens it.

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Don't simplify encyclical, says Supreme Knight

Denver, Colo., Jul 7, 2009 / 03:26 pm (CNA).- The head of the Knights of Columbus, Carl Anderson, has responded to Pope Benedict's newly-released encyclical, "Caritas in Veritate" (Love in Truth), by denouncing attempts to use it to further political agendas rather than viewing it from the Church's comprehensive understanding of the human person.

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CARITAS IN VERITATE

ENCYCLICAL LETTER
CARITAS IN VERITATE
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF
BENEDICT XVI
TO THE BISHOPS
PRIESTS AND DEACONS
MEN AND WOMEN RELIGIOUS
THE LAY FAITHFUL
AND ALL PEOPLE OF GOOD WILL
ON INTEGRAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
IN CHARITY AND TRUTH

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Pope arrives in Paris  (Sept. 12th)

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Pope Benedict XVI holds an an outdoor mass for thousands of the faithful in Paris, France.