Pope Warns Of Earth's Squandered Resources
Pope Benedict XVI gestures to the thousands of pilgrims that gathered to welcome him at Bangaroo for his official World Youth Day welcome in Sydney, Australia, July 17, 2008. (AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano, HO)
Benedict XVI Also Chastises TV, Internet For Glamorizing "Poisons" Of Drugs, Violence
CBS News
SYDNEY, Australia, July 17, 2008
(AP) The world's natural resources are being squandered in the pursuit of "insatiable consumption," Pope Benedict XVI warned in a speech Thursday that also slammed television and the Internet for exalting violence as entertainment.
In a major address before more than 200,000 people gathered in Sydney for the Roman Catholic Church's youth festival, the pope urged his more than 1 billion followers worldwide to resist various types of "poison" that are corroding society, and to care more for the environment.
"The concerns for nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and peace, and care for our environment are of vital importance for humanity," Benedict told the crowd massed on an unused wharf in Sydney. They regularly erupted in cheers, giving the event a football-match feel.
The pontiff emerged from three days at a secluded vacation spot to engage in a busy round of events for World Youth Day, a six-day festival held every few years to inspire new generations of Roman Catholics.
He received a series of welcomes: an official one from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, a traditional one from pelt-clad Aboriginal dancers, and finally a rapturous one from pilgrims who journeyed to Sydney from more than 160 countries to attend. He toured the harbor by boat, cruising past Sydney's twin landmarks - its white-shelled opera house and the bridge nicknamed "the coat hanger" because of its shape.
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