[livius]

Uh-oh. I get nervous when I see the words "Vatican" and "Environment" in the same sentence.

[berned]

Assuming that most folks here see the Earth Summit, and "Sustainable Developement" and the Kyoto Treaty as thinly-veiled attempts to re-distribute wealth in a pre-cursor to a One Wolrd Govt system -- then how do lines like...

-- "The goods of the earth are a unique patrimony of all of humanity.

-- "Their distribution must be regulated by justice and accompanied by love

-- "The richer countries must take a serious look at their lifestyle, which is consuming an inordinate share of the goods of the earth.

How do these positions differ from the positions of, say, Kofi Anan or Al Gore, or indeed, the ultra-left wing globalist enviro-wackos?

What, REALLY, does a statement that one's posessions or the global distribution of goods must be "REGULATED WITH JUSTICE"... what exactly, does that mean, and what could those words someday be construed to mean down the road? Justice according to whom?