I was shocked at how brazenly political the encyclical was. It went far beyond a well-intentioned clergyman buying into bad science, or even standard Argentinian boilerplate screeds against free market capitalism. This thing reads like it was written in an OWS encampment.
What bothers me most is that the Pope should have just one focus at this time. That would be to stop the slaughter of Christians and other minorities.
>>like it was written in an OWS encampment.
Or a Jesuit Reduction (commune) in Paraguay, perhaps?
http://www.google.com/#q=Jesuit+Reductions+Paraguay