The pope’s effect on politics

June 21, 2015
By Barrie Dunsmore
Rutland Herald

This past week Pope Francis inserted himself directly into the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. Whether or not that was the intent, it is a clear consequence of the pope’s new encyclical on the environment — because this document puts him on a collision course with the Republican Party.

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