Pope Benedict has again called on people to adopt more moderate lifestyles in order to ensure a fairer distribution of wealth and to reduce pressure on resources, the International Herald Tribune reports.
"One cannot say that globalisation is synonymous with world order — it's the opposite," Benedict said in his homily in Rome today.
"The conflicts for economic supremacy, and the scramble for energy and water resources and raw materials render difficult the work of all those who strive to construct a more just and united world," he continued.
"We need a greater hope, which allows us to prefer the common good of all to the luxury of few and the poverty of many."
"By now it is obvious that only by adopting a sober lifestyle, accompanied by a serious commitment to a fair distribution of wealth, will it be possible to install a just and sustainable model of development," Benedict said.
Explaining the pope's comments, Vatican spokesman Fr Federico Lombardi added that until recently, "environmental issues seemed the concern of the rich rather than of the poor, of developed countries rather than of more backward ones for which economic development was instead the priority."
"Now, frequent disasters due to environmental imbalances hit hard those who have few resources to defend themselves," he said. "Today, humanity fears for its future ecological balance, and to this observation, the pope links a strong moral call to solidarity," Lombardi said.
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