Praised Be

“Doomsday predictions can no longer be met with irony or disdain. We may well be leaving to coming generations debris, desolation and filth.”

-- Pope Francis, "Laudato Si" encyclical

The pope has dropped another bombshell on political and religious conservatives. On climate change he is not a denier. He is apparently pretty radical. Ross Douthat gives the issue such good coverage, I am going to have to swipe the whole column.

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