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‘El Papa es imprudente al hablar de conjeturas científicas’
‘El Papa es imprudente al hablar de conjeturas científicas’
Aug 22, 2025 11:22 PM

Sirico appearing on InfoBae TV in March.

While at Acton University not too long ago, Buenos Aires journalistAdrián Bono sat down with Rev. Robert Sirico to discuss Laudato Si’. Bono recently wrote about his interview with Acton’s president and co-founder at Infobae. “Muchos no saben que la encíclica depende de la hermenéutica,” Sirico argued, “que significa cómo puede interpretada. No es un documento infalible.” Simply put, Laudato Si’ is not a binding document for Catholics, but many don’t understand that. He continues on that thought:

Merece respeto, pero no necesariamente significa que los creyentes deben seguirla. En lo que respecta a sus enseñanzas de la doctrina, los católicos tienen la obligación fiel de seguirla, pero en lo que hace a sus declaraciones empíricas, esas se le dejan a unidad científica para que sean debatidas. La ciencia es un proceso abierto de debate y descubrimiento…A veces el Papa es imprudente al hablar de conjeturas científicas y análisis económico.”

Later, Sirico expressed concern about the encyclical’s call for some kind of global organization to promote “a green agenda.” “Una mayor concentración de poder no sólo en manos de un estado,” he said, “sino también en manos de un organismo jurídico internacional es un problema desde un punto de vista económico. Cuando se recorta a la economía de mercado y se demoniza al mercado, estamos frente a un argumento bastante dudoso.” He affirmed the free market principle, that a large amount of power given to a large, central agency will only harm the market and the people it intends to help.

Sirico mented on Pope Francis’ ing visit to the United States, arguing that whatever he ends up saying will be very important: “En el momento en que termine su discurso y se vaya del Capitolio, el Papa se habrá convertido en un actor político, especialmente estando tan cercano a un año electoral.” [emphasis in original]

Read ‘Cuestionan la agenda ecológica del Papa: “Está mal aconsejado” ‘ at InfoBae.

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