An issue above and beyond politics…

The Pope’s new encyclical about the environment has received praise from most progressives and criticism from many conservatives. The latter, of course, range from naysayers, whatever their agenda might be, to corporate polluters, their lobbyists, and their congressional lackeys, the comments running from that Pope doesn’t know anything about science, to that Pope should keep religion out of politics. Never mind that that Pope closely follows established science! And never mind that moral iss...