“The Pope, leader of some 1.1 billion Roman Catholics worldwide, said:
"We must respect the interior laws of creation, of this Earth, to
learn these laws and obey them if we want to survive."
“ "This obedience to the voice of the Earth is more important for our
future happiness ... than the desires of the moment. Our Earth is
talking to us and we must listen to it and decipher its message if we
want to survive," he said.
“Last April the Vatican sponsored a scientific conference on climate
change to underscore the role that religious leaders around the world
could play in reminding people that wilfully damaging the environment
is sinful.
“In his talk with the priests, the Pope spoke of the current debate
raging in some countries, particularly the United States and his
native Germany, between creationism and evolution.
“ "They are presented as alternatives that exclude each other," the Pope
said. "This clash is an absurdity because on one hand there is much
scientific proof in favour of evolution, which appears as a reality
that we must see and which enriches our understanding of life and
being as such."
“But he said evolution did not answer all the questions. "Above all it
does not answer the great philosophical question 'where does
everything come from?'" ”
