01-16-2022, 09:28 PM
There is an interesting article here:
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/01/06/do...-have-kids
Pope Francis has claimed that people choosing not to have children, but having companion animals instead, means that they are selfish. Yet how can he then justify his own choice not to marry and not to have children? Is that any more or less selfish? Yes, the Catholic Church insists that its priests must be celibate, but the *choice made by each person* in the case of vocations to become a priest results in the same outcome as parentless couples: a conscious choice to follow a given path, which entails not having children.
There is some good discussion here:
https://nypost.com/2022/01/07/pope-franc...wned-a-pup
In the current ecological crisis, I think that people choosing to take in homeless companion animals, and not having children, are doing the right thing. They are acting responsibly. IMHO, the current Pope is wrong, simply wrong.
https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/01/06/do...-have-kids
Pope Francis has claimed that people choosing not to have children, but having companion animals instead, means that they are selfish. Yet how can he then justify his own choice not to marry and not to have children? Is that any more or less selfish? Yes, the Catholic Church insists that its priests must be celibate, but the *choice made by each person* in the case of vocations to become a priest results in the same outcome as parentless couples: a conscious choice to follow a given path, which entails not having children.
There is some good discussion here:
https://nypost.com/2022/01/07/pope-franc...wned-a-pup
In the current ecological crisis, I think that people choosing to take in homeless companion animals, and not having children, are doing the right thing. They are acting responsibly. IMHO, the current Pope is wrong, simply wrong.
