Posts Tagged ‘pope benedict xvi’

Pope Benedict Adds Solar Panels To His Personal Home In Germany

September 1st 2009

Pope Benedict XVI, not content to let the Vatican steal all the green glory, has just finished installing solar panels on his Bavarian home.
The 82-year-old Pontiff is certainly the greenest Pope yet — though his analogy of “saving gays” as akin to “saving the rainforests” is where we draw the line.
For his home near near [...]

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Pope Says “Saving” Gays Just As Important As Saving The Rainforest

Bonus points awarded for those who save gays living in rainforests.

December 22nd 2008

This could have almost come from The Onion. In fact, their rolling-on-the-floor hilarious article last week titled “Typo In Proposition 8 Defines Marriage As Between ‘One Man And One Wolfman’“would have been a great lead-up. Instead it’s simply another sad anti-gay rallying cry from Pope Benedict — but with an environmental twist! See, now we [...]

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Pope Benedict XVI: Stop Wearing Fur

July 29th 2008

The Italian Association for the Defence of Animals and the Environment (AIDAA) has launched an Internet petition to demand that the Pope stop wearing fur, such as the ermine-trimmed cape he wears in the winter. Lorenzo Croce, chairman of the AIDAA, says, “We just want to ask him in a message of love and peace [...]

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The Pope Says We’re Insatiable

July 17th 2008

Pope Benedict XVI is on a visit down under, “g-day mate”, where he told an audience of hundreds of thousands that  we’re squandering our natural resources with our insatiable consumption.  Yes, insatiable!  He urged people to care more for the the environment, and that nonviolence, sustainable development, justice and care for the environment were of vital importance [...]

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The Pope Gives A Shout Out To Mother Earth During His Christmas Mass

December 26th 2007

I’m half Jewish and half Catholic, so I feel like it’s only HALF appropriate I cover this story. But on the other hand, I’m 100 percent green, so here it goes, baby:
Pope Benedict XVI used his Christmas homily to speak out against the destruction of our environment and human selfishness during the midnight mass at [...]

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