Claiming to dominate nature is form of idolatry says pope

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 27 - Claiming to dominate nature is a form of idolatry, Pope Francis said Thursday in his Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, to be celebrated on September 1.
    "To claim to possess and dominate nature, manipulating it at will, is a form of idolatry," said Francis in his message for the day, which is themed 'Hope and act with creation'.
    "It is Promethean man, drunk with his own technocratic power, who arrogantly puts the earth in a 'dis-graced' condition, that is, deprived of God's grace". (ANSA).