The signs are that Pope Benedict is going green. 2,400 solar panels have been installed on the roof of the papal Audience Hall at the Vatican, which mean that 230 tons less of carbon dioxide will go into the atmosphere each year.
One of the Vatican engineers says “The push came from the very top. When it comes to technology, there’s a complete openness as long as it contributes towards good. And the environment is clearly good, in line with our Christian values, the Holy Father has said so many times.”
Benedict has accompanied his focus on the environment with a renewed emphasis on natural theology, or the search for divine truth in the created world. In that sense, environmentalism may play a role in what Benedict sees as his core mission: the re-evangelization of the secular West.
Source
Stephan Faris in the Atlantic Monthly
Faris is working on a book about global immigration.
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