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Thu 04 Apr 2009As the world burns before our eyes, the Vatican fiddles
OPINION:Whether or not you have religious beliefs, and irrespective of what creed you subscribe to, the fact remains that Creation is unravelling, writes JOHN GIBBONS
FAITH, WE were taught back in religion class, could move mountains. The mountains are indeed moving, but today the hills are alive with the sound of high explosives as coal corporations literally blast the tops off mountain ranges such as the Appalachians, creating Dante-esque new landscapes of toxic sludge.
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