2006Aug27: “Environmental pollution is making particularly unsustainable the lives of the poor of the world,” said Pope Benedict XVI, in his Angelus address (Carr, 2007).
Reference: John L. Carr testimony to the Committee on Environment and Public Works US Senate. http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:-19-zxaUmUkJ:www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp/climate/June07FinalTestimony.pdf+testimony+climate+change&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=21&gl=us&client=firefox-a
Image Description: Pope Benedict XVI during visit to São Paulo, Brazil. Photo taken by Agencia Brasil, 2007Oct. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:BentoXVI-30-10052007.jpg Image Permission: This file is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Brazil License.
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