Vatican takes a role in keeping God’s earth green
Saturday, July 28th, 2007By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service, USA Today
VATICAN CITY — The Holy See announced this month that it would become the world’s first “carbon neutral” sovereign state by planting trees in a Hungarian national park to offset the carbon-dioxide emissions and energy use of Vatican City.
It was only the latest of several statements and actions by the Roman Catholic Church’s leaders that reflect an increasingly prominent concern for ecology.
Over the last few months, the Vatican has sponsored a two-day conference on climate change, and Pope Benedict XVI and other leaders have called for more attention to environmental problems.
