The following day, I gave an interview to a Catholic television network about the new encyclical of Pope Francis, Laudato Si’. The first question was about Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush’s comment that, even though a Catholic, he did not look to the Church for guidance about his environmental policies. The following questions were largely about what impact the encyclical would have on American Catholic politicians. Would it make things more difficult for Republicans, largely unsympathetic to the Holy Father’s climate policies? Would it make things easier for Democrats, largely advocates of the unlimited abortion licence, to present themselves as allies of the Pope because they favoured a new global climate change treaty?
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