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Comment from UTT:

The fact that the pope is calling for the environment to be the key issue presented at a youth rally for Roman Catholic young people in Australia indicates the direction that Rome is going in the future.

One world government and one world religion in the name of Christ is very near. This of course is necessary when any group or denomination has the goal to establish the kingdom. The same theme is being promoted by the emerging and purpose driven establishment.

The Bible teaches that the major issue at hand is the gospel of Jesus Christ according to the scriptures. Expect to see that those who stand up for this gospel to be singled out and subject to persecution.

The Pope is to make climate change one of his key concerns during his trip to Australia for World Youth Day. The pontiff has said that politicians and scientists must respond to what he calls the "great ecological challenge" of global warming.

Pope Benedict says society has to meet the challenges posed by climate change and it has a responsibility to find "an ethical way to change our way of life." He made the comments during his trip to World Youth Day in Australia.

Stephen Douglas, from the Australian National University, says Benedict's views on climate change should not be taken too seriously.

"There's a growing body of what you could call symbolic policy; so these are things that are somewhat unfortunately referred to as 'motherhood statements.' So they're essentially warm and fuzzy statements about how we should be seeing things, how we should be caring for creation in Christian terms; but what we're not seeing is meaningful operational policy," said Douglas. "You're not seeing a restructure of the Catholic Church, or any other religious organizations, that would bring them up to speed with how they need to operate to address things like climate change."

The Vatican has declared itself a carbon neutral state, although critics argue that its environmental credentials are compromised by fuel consumption an airline for pilgrims that it operates.