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 VATICAN CITY (AP) - The new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See urged the Vatican on Saturday to promote the potential of biotech crops, saying there was a "moral imperative" to investigate the possible benefits of agricultural technology to feed the world's hungry.
"Nothing on its own can solve the complex problem of world hunger," Ambassador Francis Rooney told Pope Benedict XVI as he presented his credentials during a Vatican audience. "But we cannot let irrational fears stop us from investigating what could be one part of the answer."
Benedict, for his part, urged the United States to continue its "generous" aid to poor countries, lamenting the "crushing debt" that can fuel poverty.
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