Spe Salvi (Latin "SPE SALVI facti sumus”—in hope we were saved, is from Rom 8:24.) is an encyclical letter by Pope Benedict XVI promulgated on November 30, 2007 about the theological virtue of hope. The title comes from St. Paul's letter to the Romans. This is Benedict's second encyclical, following the 2005 document Deus Caritas Est, meaning "God is Love." The encyclical contains over 18,900 words, divided into fifty paragraphs, and organized into an introduction and eight chapters.