The Encyclical Cometh | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Pope Francis is the consumate homilist, which means he knows scripture better than the vast majority of his flock, or even the vast majority of his priests. For that reason, I hope he does not get into the didactics of scripture and prior papal writing, as I am sure MSW is expecting him to do. Rather, I would love to see a comparison of the original Sumeric story to the Genesis story (which shifted from man being created to serve the gods and their priests to resting on the seventh day). This can be transposed onto a comparison between Capitalism and the communist Church of the Acts of the Apostles and the need to bring more solidarity and cooperation into the economy.
As for a full frontal assault on consumerism, it is worth noting that consumption is what keeps workers from revolting. No consumption is, of course, not an option, but smart consumption is - even if it does nothing to prevent warming (that would be Helium3 fusion and electric cars - which should be introduced before we run out of gasoline and coal). It is not enough for the Church to require a good public sector life boat for the poor, especially those in drought striken or flooded regions - it must require that they be given an escape from capitalism, where the local god-kings have been replaced with the CEOs. My comments today on the CUA AFL-CIO conference on solidarity contain much more on that.
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