In his Brother Glum, Mother Earth in City Journal of June 19, Steven Malanga makes note of Pope Francis’s background:
Early on, Francis said that his papacy would be shaped by his experiences serving the poor of Argentina—a place where, as economic historian Pierpaolo Barbieri wrote in the Wall Street Journal, “Government takeovers [of private businesses] and crony capitalism are the enemy of genuine development.”
More than any recent pope, his vision has been shaped by this distorted view of how modern trade and commerce work. One result is that Laudato Si devolves into a long rant against consumerism that ignores the many benefits produced by human innovation through free markets.
Something to keep in mind whenever he addresses the ills of the world.
via Pope Francis is from Argentina, something to keep in mind.
Blithe Spirit 