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I suppose there's nothing really un-biblical about being pro-environment. I'm anti-pollution myself as long as it's within reason. And therein lies the conundrum: liberals take it well beyond reason, inventing end-of-the world scenarios. So when I hear "save the planet", I think "save it from what"? This Pope is the Vatican's "conservative" choice, however, and I'm glad we didn't end up with the liberal version. You're right however about the Catholic church's pacifist leanings. Not only are they anti-death penalty and anti-military, but they also by and large seem to be pro-illegal immigration and in many cases pro-homosexuality, although not to the point yet of recognizing gay marriage or openly gay priests. They are still anti-abortion, however. That, hopefully, will never change.

Pro-homosexuality? What do you mean? I know they pray for homosexuals, but they’re not pro-homosexuality as far as I’ve seen! It seems to me that Benedict 16, long before he was the Pope, disciplined a priest and a nun for being to lenient in working with gays in California!

I don’t remember when it was, maybe 10-12 years ago. He felt they were getting too lenient with them, and called them on it. I remember some gay group was crabbing about him at the time. It seems that they take a love the sinner-hate the sin position in dealing with gay people.