The Greening of the Pope

This should make at least a few million more people pay attention.

Pope Makes Christmas Appeal to Protect the Environment
Published: December 25, 2007
ROME — Pope Benedict XVI reinforced the Vatican’s growing concern with protecting the environment in the traditional midnight Christmas Mass on Tuesday, bemoaning an “ill-treated world” in a homily given to thousands of pilgrims here in the seat of the world’s billion Roman Catholics.

Earlier:
Environmental policies must respect needs of the poor: pope
AFP - Dec 11, 2007
VATICAN CITY (AFP) — Pope Benedict XVI on Tuesday called for environmental policies to take account of the needs of poorer countries, as the UN-sponsored ...


Pope urges prudence in environmental decisions
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - Dec 11, 2007
... the impact of environmental change should be made prudently, avoiding hasty conclusions, ideological pressures and unilateral stands, Pope Benedict said ...

And from some evangelicals:
Skeptics dwindle as popular movement builds
• U.S. signs on to global climate treaty as traditional conservatives say greater needs are today—not tomorrow
By Layton Ehmke
Homer Tribune
December 19, 2007
This is the second of a two-part series exploring the connection between humans and global warming from the perspective of those on the most divergent fronts: top global warming scientists and skeptical conservative Christians. Since meeting in Homer this summer, these groups and others are finding more common ground to unite in the effort to slow the consequences of a changing world climate. In this edition, local pastors continue to doubt the overlying message, while the popular movement says progress should come from the pulpit.