Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith

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By: Pope Francis

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In this special paperback edition, with a foreword by Scott Hahn, Pope Francis issues his first papal letter, reflecting on the nature of belief and the need for a renewal of faith. This highly anticipated encyclical, begun by the previous pope and completed by the new leader of the Catholic Church, explores the need for a renewal in our universal commitments to truth and love. An illuminating work, it's an invitation to lead a more spiritual and faith based life, a reminder that with faith comes healing and with healing comes heaven on earth.

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Title: Lumen Fidei: The Light of Faith
By: Pope Francis
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 96
Vendor: Image
Publication Date: 2013

Dimensions: 8 X 5.18 (inches)
Weight: 3 ounces
ISBN: 0804185859
ISBN-13: 9780804185851
Stock No: WW185851

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Pope Francis’s first papal letter, reflecting on the nature of belief and the need to renew our faith for a bright future of charity and love for all

"Precisely because it is linked to love, the light of faith is concretely placed at the service of justice, law and peace. Faith is born of an encounter with God’s primordial love, wherein the meaning and goodness of our life become evident; our life is illumined to the extent that it enters into the space opened by that love, to the extent that it becomes, in other words, a path and praxis leading to the fullness of love."—Pope Francis

"The encyclical letter Lumen Fidei is the great monument of the Year of Faith declared by Pope Benedict XVI and brought to completion by Pope Francis," writes Scott Hahn in his foreword. "It is a capstone of the year, but at the same time a milestone of a long road, a road we have only begun to travel: the road of the New Evangelization."

Here is an illuminating work inviting all to lead a more spiritual and faith-based life, a reminder that with faith comes service, and with service to others and to God comes heaven on earth.

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Pope Francis was born in Buenos Aires on December 17, 1936, son of Italian migrants, the first of five children born in the working-class barrio of Flores. He qualified as a chemical technician, graduated in philosophy in 1963, became a priest in 1969, joined the provincial of the Jesuits of Argentina in 1973, was named auxiliary bishop in 1992, archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998, created cardinal in 2001, and on March 13, 2013, Bishop of Rome and the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. The first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff, Pope Francis passed away on April 21, 2025.