Who here has actually read the Pope’s encyclical, and not just what Reuters says the Pope said? Anyone? Anyone?
I haven't. But if you do and get a different read on it, please share it.
I am not a Roman Catholic so there is nothing for me to defend, but I am completely aware that the media spin on things can often reach orbital proportions -- and for the sake of the world's Roman Catholics, I do hope that it is just media spin and that the Pope didn't say or mean what we are hearing here.