Pope Francis: not having children is selfish

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Life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies, pontiff tells audience in St Peter’s Square

Pope Francis has chided couples who choose not to have children, saying the decision is a “selfish” act. The statement, made in his general audience in St Peter’s Square, will be seen as especially controversial in Italy, which has recorded a steady drop in its birth rate for decades.

“A society with a greedy generation, that doesn’t want to surround itself with children, that considers them above all worrisome, a weight, a risk, is a depressed society,” the pope said. “The choice to not have children is selfish. Life rejuvenates and acquires energy when it multiplies: It is enriched, not impoverished.”

The address was focused primarily on the joy of children and their role in society. The pope recalled a childhood memory, when his mother was asked which of her five children was her favourite. “She would say, ‘I have five children like I have five fingers. If they beat one of my fingers, all five hurt. All of my children are mine, but each one is different,’” he said.

“You love your child because he is a child, not because he is beautiful, healthy, and good; not because he thinks like me, or embodies my desires. A child is a child: a life created by us but destined for him.”

He said there was a strong correlation between a society’s level of hope and its “inter-generational harmony”.

The remarks echoed his earlier comments on the topic of childlessness. Last year, he warned against the lure of a “culture of wellbeing” that can come when a couple does not have children and has the money and freedom to take nice holidays and buy a second home in the countryside.

“It might be better, more comfortable, to have a dog, two cats, and the love goes to the two cats and the dog,” he said. “Is this true or is this not? Have you seen it? Then, in the end, this marriage comes to old age in solitude, with the bitterness of loneliness.”

“The joy of children makes their parents hearts throb and reopens the future,” he said. “Children are not a problem of reproductive biology, or one of many ways to realize oneself in life. Let alone their parent’s possession. Children are a gift. Do you understand? Children are a gift,” he added.

Last week, the pontiff said that hitting a child was an acceptable form of discipline, although it was important to maintain their “dignity” in the process.

The Vatican later clarified the remark, saying the pope did not endorse violence or cruelty against a child.
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/11/pope-francis-the-choice-to-not-have-children-is-selfish

The only one that seems selfish is this old fool.
 
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Cost of living too high. Lower the cost of living, and you will see more babies born. Simple.
 
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Whats wrong with being selfish? Its common sense to do whats in your own personal interest. :what:

I mean is he offering to pay for and take care of the children that he's trying to guilt people into having? Until he comes off of the vatican's money to help with this then the pope needs to shut the fukk up.

Catholics need to stay in their lane and do what they do best. fukk little children. Thats probably why he's so concerned. Doesnt want to supply of alter boys to run dry.

I see you francis. :sas1:
 
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rep for anyone who can tell me the real reason the church is against birth control, abortion and wants to promote multiparity?
 
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IVS said:
LMAO! Says the man who vowed to chastity and disobeyed the orders of the God of his Bible. SMH! Hypocrite anyone.
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:dwillhuh: well damn, not sure why I did not think of this
excellent point
 
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just like i said in that other thread, the catholic clergy really needs to not be talking about children right now, especially not in regard to how they make one's heart "throb" or any other organ for that matter.
 
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