A few decades ago, I took my first class in environmental science. I well remember the dire warnings of over-population, energy shortages, mass starvation, and the ever present threat of thermo-nuclear war with the ensuing nuclear winter that would plunge the earth into a new ice age. All of this would happen by the year 2000. Well, as we all know, those predictions proved to be pseudo-science.
The Pope, the Candidate, and the Gospel
This week Pope Francis released his latest encyclical, Laudato Si’ – On Care for Our Common Home. I have yet to read the whole document, but I have read parts. So my remarks here are tentative.