Encyclical Letter Deus caritas est: "God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him" (1 John 4:16). Pope Benedict XVI has released his first encyclical, Deus Caritas Est (God is Love), an exploration into Christianity's central message that invites all Christians to realize that the church's work of caring and charity is as much a part of its mission as celebrating the sacraments and spreading the Gospels. This is a good thing, yes? When Evan learned this earlier today quite accidentally while doing some research on Tom Cruise, he quickly realized that he could do worse than actually take a few minutes and read what the Pope had written, and stopped his research and staring at his three fish ... named for no particular reason Snap, Crackle and Pop though Evan still frequently thought of Pop by his original name of Scott Peterson as well his nickname of Fat Boy ... long enough to do exactly that. He observed that the encyclical also explored lust but did not address the Katie Holmes scenes missing from the latest screening of Thank You for Smoking. Read encyclical ...