The Italian press revealed this Monday that Pope Benedict XVI will publish the first encyclical letter of his pontificate on the emblematic date of December 8.
According to the article, not confirmed nor refuted by the Holy See Press Office, the encyclical will be presented on the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and will evolve around the theme of the Centrality of Jesus Christ for the life and mission of the Church.
This document, made of about 50 pages, stresses on the theme of divine love and Christian charity in the midst of the world, which fundament is the love of God, expressed in the Word made flesh.