When Pope Bergoglio published the Encyclical Laudato sì..., I sent him a letter in which I wrote some bold words: 'Most Holy Father, I have become convinced that in some passages of [the Encyclical, ed. And, further, I concluded: 'To propose that poor countries use only those [photovoltaic] plants for their energy needs is to deny them energy, that is, it is to condemn them to poverty. To propose, then, that it should be the rich countries that bear the enormous, as well as useless, economic sacrifice, is to impoverish the populations of these countries to the advantage of the small minority that, alone, would benefit from the miserable bargain. The tiny minority that has taken the form of the devil who, I fear, has crept into the hearts of your advisors, Most Holy Father'. “That was eight years ago”.
