Pope condemns homosexual behaviour

by Jennifer Gold
Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Saving mankind from homosexual and transsexual behaviour is just as important as saving the rainforest from destruction, said Pope Benedict on Monday.

In an end-of-year address to Vatican officials, the Pope said the Catholic Church “should also protect man from the destruction of himself”.

A “sort of ecology of man is needed”, he said.

The Catholic Church strongly opposes homosexual relationships and same-sex unions. the rest