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  • Pope decries world with luxury for few and poverty for many

    01/06/2008 2:34:47 PM PST · by forkinsocket · 213 replies · 135+ views
    International Herald Tribune ^ | January 6, 2008 | AP Staff
    VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday criticized a world with luxury for a few and poverty for many and called for moderate lifestyles to ensure fair distribution of wealth amid a scramble for natural resources. "One cannot say that globalization is synonymous with world order — it's the opposite," Benedict said in his homily in St. Peter's Basilica to mark the Catholic feast day of the Epiphany. "The conflicts for economic supremacy, and the scramble for energy and water resources and raw materials render difficult the work of all those who strive to construct a more just and united...