Italy’s birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has been falling steadily for about 15 years and reached a record low last year.
Pope Francis is stepping up his campaign to urge Italians to have children, calling for long-term policies to help families and warning that the country’s demographic crisis was threatening the future.
“The number of births is the first indicator of the hope of a people,” Francis told an annual gathering of pro-family groups on Friday.
“Without children and young people, a country loses its desire for the future.”
Without a future or desire to live, why would we have kids? Why are we listening to an 80 year old male virgin in a dress who represents a fairy tale and participated in covering up the rapes of children around the world?
Because someone is going to have to work for you pension.
What is a pension? /s
But also, no. No one should be forced to endure this world just to keep pensions going.
Lol. Will the church spend even a tiny fraction of its wealth to help families? No? Didn’t think so. Get fucked🖕
You expect the successor to the most humble dude in history to not carry a gold staff? Sounds like heresy.
Dunno if I’d call the guy who says he’s a literal god the most humble dude in history.
Of course it’s questionable if he did indeed make that claim (if he even really existed), but the Pope certainly believes that he did.
Why? Do they need a new generation of kids to molest?
“Man who covers up the rape of children by his peers asks the public to have more children.”
Everyone sees how crazy this is, right? Right??
Whatever, Mugatu.
“The number of births is the first indicator of the hope of a people,” Francis told an annual gathering of pro-family groups on Friday.
Hope comes first, births comes second.
You can’t fake an indicator and hope for the situation to improve.
The priests are complaining the dating pool is shrinking.
Catholicism is a cancer on humanity
religions
Yes the lot of em
Fuck the environment. Lets get to 10 billion because hope or some shit.
pope needs to be the change he wants to see in the world.
Why not give people actual hope for the future if that’s the problem?
Says the person who has sworn to never have babies.
Without knowing of the Roman Empire, you’d be confused as hell on how Christianity ended up in Italy’s hands. Abrahamic religions are one of our sloppiest punchlines.
Christians are so poor they can only afford one god
Fuck that! Too many people on this world! All this infinite growth bullshit is crazy! We need to be downsizing everything.
Smettila di usare i preservativi amici italiani
