Already, some of the most conservative elements in American politics – backed by those, like the billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch, who benefit from inaction on climate change – are attempting to denounce Francis’s views. Whereas the Catholic Church once tried to suppress science and reason, most notably in its condemnation of Galileo, it is now defending them, while conservative US politicians deny the facts.
目前，美国政治中的一些最保守元素——他们的后台是亿万富翁大卫和查尔斯·科奇（David and Charles Koch）兄弟，在气候变化问题上无动于衷对他们最有利——正在试图抹黑方济各的观点。天主教会曾经试图镇压科学和理性，最著名的便是迫害伽利略，而如今，天主教会在捍卫科学和理性，否认事实的是美国保守派政客。教皇站在理性一边，所有的天使亦然。