I recently had dinner with a friend who was quite upset with the recent encyclical letter issued by Pope Francis. I had to admit that I had not yet read it, but had only seen headlines. Nonetheless, we wandered into a discussion of the general topic of whether the Pope ought to be commenting on public policy matters. My friend offered complaints about some of the Pope’s comments, while I tended to defend the Pope on the grounds that Continue reading “Should the Pope comment on environmental politics?”