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Another version of thes was posted yesterday
Posted on 12/12/2007 6:08:29 AM PST by libstripper
Pope Benedict XVI has launched a surprise attack on climate change prophets of doom, warning them that any solutions to global warming must be based on firm evidence and not on dubious ideology.
The leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics suggested that fears over man-made emissions melting the ice caps and causing a wave of unprecedented disasters were nothing more than scare-mongering.
The German-born Pontiff said that while some concerns may be valid it was vital that the international community based its policies on science rather than the dogma of the environmentalist movement.
His remarks will be made in his annual message for World Peace Day on January 1, but they were released as delegates from all over the world convened on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali for UN climate change talks.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Eniviroism has become a competing religion for the seclular world citizens.
yeah!!! LOVE THIS POPE!!
Go B-16!
Film NOT at 11 ... at least not on MSM.
Pope makes this statement the day after AlGore gets his Nobel; just coincidence?
Weren't they supporting the false god of GW/Climate Change earlier in the year?
Somebody there actually started to year the real numbers? Look at what the "solutions" would actually do to billions of people?
There was a media report a while back that he was going to make a major speech on globull warming, but I checked into it at the time and couldn’t find anything on the Vatican website or Catholic News Service. Wishful MSM thinking, I suppose.
Forgot to add:
Or maybe this is the speech and the MSM got the thrust of it wrong. Wouldn’t be the first time.
And apparently, another case of deliberate disinformation from the LSM.
It also explains why I didn't see any follow-up to it, either.
Catholicism, Wow!
His remarks will be made in his annual message for World Peace Day on January 1Here is the paragraph the author was paraphrasing:
"The family needs a home, a fit environment in which to develop its proper relationships. For the human family, this home is the earth, the environment that God the Creator has given us to inhabit with creativity and responsibility. We need to care for the environment: it has been entrusted to men and women to be protected and cultivated with responsible freedom, with the good of all as a constant guiding criterion. Human beings, obviously, are of supreme worth vis-à-vis creation as a whole. Respecting the environment does not mean considering material or animal nature more important than man. Rather, it means not selfishly considering nature to be at the complete disposal of our own interests, for future generations also have the right to reap its benefits and to exhibit towards nature the same responsible freedom that we claim for ourselves. Nor must we overlook the poor, who are excluded in many cases from the goods of creation destined for all. Humanity today is rightly concerned about the ecological balance of tomorrow. It is important for assessments in this regard to be carried out prudently, in dialogue with experts and people of wisdom, uninhibited by ideological pressure to draw hasty conclusions, and above all with the aim of reaching agreement on a model of sustainable development capable of ensuring the well-being of all while respecting environmental balances. If the protection of the environment involves costs, they should be justly distributed, taking due account of the different levels of development of various countries and the need for solidarity with future generations. Prudence does not mean failing to accept responsibilities and postponing decisions; it means being committed to making joint decisions after pondering responsibly the road to be taken, decisions aimed at strengthening that covenant between human beings and the environment, which should mirror the creative love of God, from whom we come and towards whom we are journeying."
There are times I really like this Pope.
Just when you think this pontificate can't get any better, we get this Christmas gift. Deo gratia!
Interesting that the Vatican comes to the aid of Science. Galileo is chuckling ruefully somewhere.
You may be confused by the milquetoast American Bishops who frequently contradict the Pope.
At least they do in California, where our weenie-Bishops continue to support left-wing programs that are already hurting the poor.
This Sunday, our conservative pastor had to read a letter from the Bishop on immigration. You could tell he was forced to read it and didn't agree with it. He just read it, set it down, and proceeded to deliver a homily about something else.
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