Pope Benedict turns saving souls to saving environment By Judi McLeod
Like the most gleeful Greenpeacer sans ponytail, Pope Benedict XVI has joined the cause of the tragically hip in secular Europe.
In his main homily to 300,000 young Roman Catholics at a weekend gathering run-up to the 2008 Catholic World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia which he plans to attend, the pontiff called for "courageous decisions" to safeguard creation.
In a little more than two years after throngs of young people cried out, "John Paul II we love you", the mission for World Youth Day has changed direction from saving souls to saving the environment.
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