I, personally, think it should have been split into two documents. One document would be the faith-and-morals content, which is the proper material for an encyclical. The rest of it --- an "Environmentalist Manifesto" consisting of ecological-political musings--- could run in the op/ed pages of
L'Osseratore Romano. The last sentences could have been,
| "So, anyhoo, that's my two cents' worth. YMMV. What do the rest of you guys think? Sincerely, Sr. J. Bergoglio." |