Vatican becoming environmentalist
Pope denounces 'insatiable consumption'
(CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI recalled the natural beauty he observed during his 20-hour flight to Sydney, saying he felt "a profound sense of awe," and denounced "insatiable consumption" as a threat to the world's environment.
The pope made his first major appearance on his Australia tour Thursday before an estimated crowd of 150,000 people at World Youth Day.
The event is believed to be the world's largest Christian gathering and dubbed "the Catholic Woodstock."
He delivered his homily in several languages to people representing 70 countries, lamenting "erosion, deforestation, the squandering of the world's mineral and ocean resources in order to fuel an insatiable consumption."
(More here.)
(CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI recalled the natural beauty he observed during his 20-hour flight to Sydney, saying he felt "a profound sense of awe," and denounced "insatiable consumption" as a threat to the world's environment.
The pope made his first major appearance on his Australia tour Thursday before an estimated crowd of 150,000 people at World Youth Day.
The event is believed to be the world's largest Christian gathering and dubbed "the Catholic Woodstock."
He delivered his homily in several languages to people representing 70 countries, lamenting "erosion, deforestation, the squandering of the world's mineral and ocean resources in order to fuel an insatiable consumption."
(More here.)
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If the Catholic Church is so opposed to rampant consumption, perhaps it should reexamine its take on birth control that has brought overpopulation and poverty to so many of the poorest nations on the planet.
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