Tuesday Morning Photo

"In this photo released by Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI, in white robe at left, is clapped on by participants to a symposium on Christian charity, as he arrives in the Vatican's Clementine hall, Monday Jan. 23, 2006. The pontiff again talked up his forthcoming encyclical Monday, saying he chose the theme of 'love' because the word today is so spoiled and abused that it needs to be purified. He said the word love today 'is so spoiled, so consumed and abused that you almost fear to utter it.' But rather than abandoning the word, he said, 'we must take it back, purify it and bring it back to its original splendor so that it can illuminate our lives and take them on the correct path.' (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano)"

Benedict XVI's Address on Forthcoming Encyclical:
"I Wished to Show the Humanity of Faith"

(notable for his reflection on the Divine Comedy of Dante - go see our Dante post below and get on the same page with the Pope!)