(30 Nov 08 - RV) One year ago this weekend Pope Benedict XVI’s second encyclical letter
“Spe Salvi”, Saved by Hope, was published. As a student of moral theology Fr. Vincent
Twomey, studied under the then Professor Joseph Ratzinger in Germany. He says with
the unfolding of global events, from the threat of terrorism to the crises of trust
in financial institutions, humanity has more need than ever to discover the Pope’s
words and to be saved by hope...