In a BBC News article dated March 12, 2009, the author indicates that Pope Benedict XVI is slated to release a new encyclical that discusses the moral and social issues behind the global economic crisis. Apparently it is proving quite a challenge to write. Benedict XVI “says it is proving more difficult to write than he first imagined because of the unexpected complexity of the meltdown.”
Read the full article at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7939467.stm