[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
Delia Gallagher touted Pope Francis's upcoming encyclical on the environment on the 17 June 2015 edition of CNN's Wolf program by claiming how "Church leaders say that this is the first time the release of a papal encyclical has been so anticipated." Gallagher spotlighted an "epic theatrical trailer for the Pope's words" from an environmentalist group in Brazil," and hyped that "with the Pope's popularity, this encyclical will be a milestone that places the Roman Catholic Church at the forefront of one of the major scientific and moral issues of our times."
The correspondent also underlined that "Francis is the first pope ever to dedicate an entire encyclical to ecological concerns – a move which has worried conservatives – who fear it will be seen as an endorsement of a liberal agenda on climate change and population control, and be bad news for big business and oil."