A disappointing social encyclical

"Pope Benedict's document is called 'Caritas in Veritate', Love in Truth - and is a disappointment," writes the left-liberal daily Süddeutsche Zeitung. It lacks the visionary power that Paul VI injected into his social encyclical 'Populorum progressio' and the prophetic intensity of Pope John Paul II's document - and this at a time when these qualities are more needed than they have been for a long time. … No pontiff has been this out of touch with the world since Pius XII, who failed to understand the post-war modern age. Being unworldly, not copying every latest trend, this is certainly a quality that suits the Christian churches. … But the limitations of this non-political Pope are becoming increasingly visible: in his Regensburg speech and his conduct towards the traditionalist Pius brothers. Or now, for example, when a word about the new things of this world is called for - and instead all that has come forth is a weak concoction of what has already been said."

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