Article: Fed: World being squandered to fuel consumption, says Pope


AAP General News (Australia)
07-17-2008
Fed: World being squandered to fuel consumption, says Pope

By Adam Bennett

SYDNEY, July 17 AAP - Earth's natural resources are being squandered to fuel "insatiable
consumption", the Pope says.

Addressing tens of thousands of Catholic youths gathered in Sydney for World Youth
Day, Pope Benedict XVI referred to man-made "scars marking the earth".

After sailing across Sydney Harbour aboard a cruise boat, the 81-year-old pontiff spoke
at length about the beauty of the world he passed over during his "daunting" flight from
the Vatican to Sydney.

He mentioned: "The sparkle of the Mediterranean, the grandeur of the North African
desert, the lushness ...

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