The encyclical, which ranges from 127 to 136 pages according to language, was printed by the Vatican Publishing House.
<br>This edition is a copy of those normally reserved for bookstores in Rome.
It is being sold in English, as well as French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish.
The Vatican press alone has printed 500,000 copies of the encyclical in Italian, and 50,000 in each of the other languages.
HDH Communications, the company that is distributing the printed encyclicals on the Internet, is offering a discount on their Web page for online shoppers.
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