Two advocates of population control have been invited by pontifical academies to speak at the Vatican.
The Pontifical Academy of Science (PAS) and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences (PASS) are hosting an international conference on the environment at the end of February and have invited Paul Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb, and John Bongaarts, an executive of the Population Council, to speak at the event.
The choice of Ehrlich is controversial not only due to his views on population but also as a result of his remarks about the Church and its teachings.
