Pope Francis has released his first encyclical, “Lumen Fidei,” the light of faith. The letter gleams with hope and reason for a world that is losing faith in many place. He calls the letter a work of “four hands,” his and those of Pope Benedict XVI, who began writing the letter before his resignation.

The PDF is available for free from the Vatican’s website.

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