Pope Hits Couples Who Opt For Pets Over Kids

January 5, 2022 by sd

From Fox News:

Pope Francis on Wednesday branded couples who adopt pets instead of children as “selfish” as part of a call to resolve the “demographic winter” that the West faces.

The pope addressed a general audience on the topic of parenthood and called on people to have more children as the West faces a declining population. The pandemic, in particular, saw a sharp decline, with the U.S. alone recording a 7% drop in the national birthrate in 2020, UPI reported. “Today… we see a form of selfishness,” the pope said. “We see that some people do not want to have a child. Sometimes they have one, and that’s it, but they have dogs and cats that take the place of children.”