A
papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church is a
welcome relief in contrast to dogmatic and short sightedness of the
fundamentalistic religious right. It is good that it's also vexing for
many big business Catholics. .....
"It turns out that
environmental issues are particularly vexing for the Catholic Church,
especially in the United States. They carry implications for Big
Business, often with ties to wealthy Catholics, as well as for the
world’s growing population, which brings up questions of birth control.
For the religious right, the Vatican’s endorsement of the U.N. alarm
about global warming amounts to an endorsement of the U.N. agenda to
give women access to contraception and abortion."......
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/before-francis-long-line-of-popes-voiced-environment-alarm/
Comment:
What's amusing is the fact that this same encyclical indirectly
confronts every group both big and small that has invaded neighboring
territories all the way down through history up through Western
imperialism, America's gunboat diplomacy in 19th century Japan, Iraq's
invasion of Kuwait, Russia's seizure of Crimea, etcetra, etc.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/04/30/pope-francis-has-given-the-climate-movement-just-what-it-needed-faith/
