NPR - Pope Francis says that couples who opt not to have children are being "selfish" as he spoke of a "greedy generation" that's choosing not to procreate. The pontiff's remarks come just weeks after he seemed to send a contradictory message, telling Catholics that they don't need to breed "like rabbits."
Speaking at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, Francis talked on the joy of children and their importance in society, at one point reminiscing about his own mother.
"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."
1 comment:
MESSAGE FROM VIRGIN MARY: QUIT THE ROMAN CHURCH, DISMANTLE THE VATICAN STATE, AND CREATE THE FIRST AUTONOMOUS MUNICIPALITY OF THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN BIORREGION. CHOOSE TO FOLLOW TRUE CATHOLICISM -UNIVERSALITY INSTEAD OF THE ROMAN AGENDA OF IMPERIALISM THAT HAS BETRAYED THE CHRISTIAN IDEALS...AND THE BUDDHIST, MUSLIM, TAOIST, HUICHOL ETC EQUALLY SO... :-) HUMANS NEED TO REACH OUT TO JUSTICE, THE GREEK IDEAL, AND BYPASS ROMAN LEGALISTIC NOTIONS THAT DIMINISH JUSTICE IN FAVOR OF PROPERTY RIGHTS... NOT RIGHTS BUT JUSTICE... (so said the Red Virgin, Simone Weil...)
Post a Comment