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Related: About this forumPope calls couples who choose pets over having children 'selfish'
Source: Agence France-Presse
Pope calls couples who choose pets over having children selfish
Agence France-Presse in Vatican City
Wed 5 Jan 2022 12.28 GMT
Pope Francis risked the ire of the worlds childless dog and cat owners by suggesting people who substitute pets for children exhibit a certain selfishness.
Speaking on parenthood during a general audience at the Vatican, the pontiff lamented that pets sometimes take the place of children in society.
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we see a form of selfishness. We see that some people do not want to have a child, he said. Sometimes they have one and thats it, but they have dogs and cats that take the place of children. This may make people laugh but it is a reality.
The practice, said the head of the worlds 1.3 billion Catholics, is a denial of fatherhood and motherhood and diminishes us, takes away our humanity.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/05/pope-couples-choose-pets-children-selfish

Scrivener7
(56,821 posts)RKP5637
(67,112 posts)His comment is ludicrous!
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)peacefreak2.0
(1,044 posts)wheezing towards its last gasp?
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)What a racket.
Major Nikon
(36,922 posts)Probably didnt think that one through all the way.
House of Roberts
(6,176 posts)1.3 billion Catholics are a big factor in that problem.
Delmette2.0
(4,413 posts)There are so many people, human beings that die hungry or sick or homeless. What about taking care of them first. then we need to take care of the planet and all the animals his god gave us.
In the words of my very Catholic ancestors, "Stay out of my bedroom, Pope!"
femmedem
(8,526 posts)For them, it's a selfless, not a selfish, choice.
Zambero
(9,874 posts)After all, those who choose not to have kids are selfish (and often inconsistent).
Freddie
(9,935 posts)Than whether, when, with whom and how many children she will bear. It is her decision and hers alone. The Church has NO bearing in this matter.
Midnight Writer
(24,506 posts)Wicked Blue
(8,177 posts)If this is what they want, why not sell off the Vatican's unimaginable riches and use them to prevent poverty among those struggling to support their children?
Polly Hennessey
(8,050 posts)LizBeth
(11,210 posts)spike jones
(1,933 posts)Rebl2
(16,836 posts)those who know they would be poor parents. I dont find it selfish at all. It does not take away our humanity. What takes away our humanity is people who have children they dont want and then they abuse those children.
Scrivener7
(56,821 posts)is for everyone to have children.