A few weeks ago Stefano Gennarini of C-Fam sent a series of respectful questions to Monsignor Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo about the inclusion of abortion advocates Ban Ki-Moon and Jeffrey Sachs at a Vatican conference on so-called climate change. Sanchez Sorondo heads the Pontifical Academy of Science, the organizer of the conference.
Sanchez Sorondo’s response was at best undisciplined and one wishes he had put it in a drawer overnight. He accused climate skeptics of being in league with the American Tea Party and of actually being employed by the oil industry. I am sure the vastly underpaid Gennarini, who works for me, chuckled at that as he puzzled over such an impolitic response.
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