VATICAN CITY, Italy, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Gay and lesbian activists say a speech by Pope Benedict XVI comparing homosexuality to global warming was irresponsible and encouraged homophobia.
Pope Benedict, addressing the Curia, the Vatican's central administration, Monday in an end-of-year address, said humanity needs to listen to the "language of creation" to understand God's intent in the roles of man and woman, adding that homosexual relations are a "destruction of God's work," The Times of London reported.