Now, Pope Francis, like Dr. King, is the leader of an organization. Pope Francis' organization is the Roman Catholic Church, which has a top-down governance model.
As a result of the church's top-down governance model, a certain number of practicing Catholics who are well-informed about the church's social teachings will crank out articles in the Catholic press in support of the pope's critique of capitalism and its social Darwinism.
Nevertheless, many practicing Catholics in the U.S. have been described as "cafeteria Catholics" because they tend to pick and choose which of the church's official teachings they will adhere to.
So it is 100% predictable that not all practicing Catholics in the U.S. will rally around the pope's critique of capitalism and its social Darwinism.
Of course it is also 100% predictable that the news media will report at least highlights of the pope's public statements during his visit to the U.S. in September.
Now, Rob Kall and perhaps other OEN readers such as Daniel Geery, Burl Hall, and Charles Roll may cheer on the pope's critique of capitalism and its social Darwinism.
But how might Rob Kall and perhaps other OEN readers help advance the pope's critique of capitalism and its social Darwinism leading up to his September visit to the U.S.?
One way in which Rob Kall and perhaps an assistant or two could help support the pope's critique of capitalism and its social Darwinism would be to examine the pope's thought in his encyclicals more deeply than his thought has been examined in pieces already published at OEN.
For example, because Rob Kall interviews individual persons on his radio program, perhaps he could construct an "interview" of the pope -- perhaps an "interview" in more than one published piece.
Here's a possible headline: "Rob Kall's interview of Pope Francis."
But Rob Kall may need the assistance of another OEN contributor to help select relevant passages from the pope's two encyclicals to incorporate in the "interview."
Now, because Catholic social teachings are not widely known among most non-Catholics, perhaps other OEN readers could undertake to research and write up a piece or two about the framework of Catholic social teaching that Pope Francis is drawing on in his critique of capitalism and its social Darwinism.
Now, apart from the framework of Catholic social teachings, perhaps other OEN readers could undertake to examine the pope's relevant thought in his encyclicals and write commentaries on his thought beyond the soundbites that the news media report.
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