In the secular world, where his reach is astonishing, he is celebrated as a prophet of compassion and economic justice, even as his stern pronouncements on climate change, global capitalism, the plight of migrants, and a host of other issues are dismissed as lacking "practical strategies for a fallen world," as David Brooks put it in the Times.
As a journalist dedicated to reporting on animal issues, nearly all of them are brimming with news-worthy elements: poverty, climate change, land-ownership issues, gender imbalance, rural plight, global trade, corruption, and blatant abuse of power.
While Barnett has appeared on Saturday Night Live and played high-profile music festivals around the world, the plight of bees has been highlighted in global environmental campaigns.
Young people are fully aware of the naivety of hoping that leaders elected for four to eight years will tackle long-term problems such as global warming or the plight of youth adequately.
With the support of aid charities such as Cafod, we want to draw global attention to our plight and encourage the international community to mobilise and demand a return to peace and security in CAR.
Secondly, in corporate sponsorships and communications, companies can avoid the big lie by being clear and honest about the relationship between global warming and the plight of the reef.
I visited Bangui in the Central African Republic on the eve of the commemoration in Kigali to rally support for the country, which over the past decade has struggled for global awareness of its plight, and over the past year has suffered the collapse of the state, a descent into lawlessness, and gruesome mass killing that has instilled widespread terror and sparked an exodus.
In July he visited the island and condemned the "global indifference" to the plight of migrants trying to arrive there.
Pope Francis has said Mass for migrants on Italy's tiny island of Lampedusa, condemning the "global indifference" to their plight.
