Monday, January 11, 2010

Pope Says Selfishness and Lack of Respect for Life Caused Financial Crisis

War, hunger, oppression, environmental degradation, and the current global financial crisis are all the result of selfishness and a lack of respect for the human person created in God's image, Pope Benedict XVI told diplomats from around the world today.

"If we wish to build true peace, how can we separate or even set at odds the protection of human life, including life of the unborn?" the pope asked ambassadors from the 178 countries that have diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

Pope Benedict met January 11, 2010 with the ambassadors to offer them his best wishes for the New Year, the Catholic News Service reports today.

The pope told the diplomats that a "self-centered and materialistic way of thinking" triggered the current global economic crisis, and is also the attitude behind the devastation of the environment.

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