Vatican News Organ Pimps the Environment to Push Pope’s Agenda

pope_benedict_xvi-evil.thumbnail.jpgPope Benedict XIV and his Vatican hype squad are working over time to pimp concern for the environment as a reason to conform to Benny 16′s repressive ideology. Right before Xmas,the Prada-wearing Ill Papa spoke before the Curia about homosexuals and transsexuals, saying that:

(The Church) should also protect man from the destruction of himself. A sort of ecology of man is needed. The tropical forests do deserve our protection. But man, as a creature, does not deserve any less.

In October Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church’s condemnation of artificial birth control. Now the Vatican’s official rag, L’Osservatore Romano claims that birth control pills are polluting the environment and are in part responsible for male infertility.

Okay, I agree, there is way toooo much packaging in birth control pills, what with the box, the blister pack, the little case and those darn "how too" booklets which seriously after the first month you don’t really need to read anymore. But there’s way too much packaging in just about everything we buy.

Now what about the 

devastating effects on the environment by releasing tonnes of hormones into nature

that Pedro Jose Maria Simon Castellvi, president of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations claims are released through female urine?

Flavia Franconi, of the Society of Italian Pharmacology explained that the hormones contained in the pill such as oestrogen:

are present everywhere… in plastic, in disinfectants, in meat that we eat

Franconi was referring not only to hormones like rBGH which is injected into cows to increase milk production but also to the chemicals known as phthalates, used in plastics and cosmetics which impact developing cells in the male reproductive tract that are central to sperm formation.  

L’Osservatore Romano’s story is countered by Gianbenedetto Melis, vice-president of a contraceptive research association, quoted by the ANSA news agency.

Once metabolised, the hormones contained in oral contraceptives no longer have any of the characteristic effects of feminine hormones.

In March, 2008 environmentalists were alarmed by reports that more than 100 different pharmaceuticals have been detected in lakes, rivers, reservoirs and streams throughout the world. The concentrations of these pharmaceuticals are measured in quantities of parts per billion or trillion, far below the levels of a medical dose, and are the result of poor metabolization of drugs in the bodies of humans and animals, including household pets who get treated with everything from anti-inflamatories to anti-depressants.

10 Responses to "Vatican News Organ Pimps the Environment to Push Pope’s Agenda"
dakine01 | Sunday January 4, 2009 11:48 am 1

The Vatican and Pope Ratzi de Prada have to tap-dance their way across their criminal conduct.

Another form of “Look! Shiny object shiny object!”


macaquerman | Sunday January 4, 2009 12:31 pm 2

So of small potatoes when compared to the Iranian ayatollahs.


Lisa Derrick | Sunday January 4, 2009 02:24 pm 3

The pope does exert influence, and it is felt in Europe and America. The Protestant evangelicals are quick to align with the Vatican when it comes things like birth control and LBGT issues. The Catholic Church’s policies have for 2000 years shaped our social values. And while they are not as repressive as the ayatollahs, we here in the US are bearing the consequences of the Christian ideology, both the good and the bad…


macaquerman | Sunday January 4, 2009 02:33 pm 4

Can’t really think of too many religious leaders other than Iranian who advocate the death penalty for homosexual conduct.


dakine01 | Sunday January 4, 2009 03:08 pm 5
In response to macaquerman @ 4

I believe our good frineds the Saudis do this.

And I also am pretty sure that Pat Robertson and James Dobson and Donald Wildmon and many of the other leaders of the so-called Christian Right in the US would be quite happy to see it implemented as the law.


macaquerman | Sunday January 4, 2009 03:18 pm 6
In response to dakine01 @ 5

You’re probably right about the Saudis. Their regime rivals the Iranians in using religion to vile purpose.

I would tend to think that you’re full of yourself in asserting that the Christian Right would be happy to do the same. Very dubious to assert that anything would make them quite happy.


dakine01 | Sunday January 4, 2009 03:30 pm 7
In response to macaquerman @ 6

You may be correct. I guess Robertson, Dobson et al would be willing to just send all LGBT folks to prison for the rest of their lives.

Let them live, just not with freedom.


Millineryman | Sunday January 4, 2009 03:51 pm 8
In response to macaquerman @ 6

The religious right has consistently fought the inclusion of sexual orientation in hate crimes legislation. They have done this so there is no legal recognition of gays and lesbians rights which could eventually be used for marriage equality.

They are more concerned about protecting the religious version of marriage then they are with violence against gays and lesbians because of who we are born as.

They may not directly support the death of of us, however they work very hard and diligently protecting people who have no problem with verbal, psychological and physical abuse against us.


BooRadley | Sunday January 4, 2009 06:42 pm 9

Thanks Lisa.

It’s the ultimate contradiction. The pope is against abortion and contraception.


macaquerman | Sunday January 4, 2009 07:21 pm 10
In response to Millineryman @ 8

While it may be of little solace to you, opposition to legalization of gay marriage is light-years from using the law to execute gay people.
The opponents of gay rights are many, but they are not alike.


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