Might it be that the very advantages to physical living gained by the industrial era, also made it possible to indulge in the thought that was going to demonize the means of these advantages?
I’ve got a spare bedroom here in southern Arizona. The Pope can come spend the summer with me. I’ll shut off the air conditioning to his room so he won’t be distracted from his pious thoughts and care for the poor with artificially cooled air.
It is supposed to hit 108 tomorrow, but I’m sure he won’t mind sweating a little to save Mother Gaia.