The pope calls child-free people/parents of only children 'selfish'

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So don’t join the Catholic Church if you don’t agree with this. I’m not Catholic, but I wouldn’t waste days obsessing about SOMEBODY ELSE’s religion on a mom’s website.

This is easy, folks.

Bears repeating. Some of you need to get a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So don’t join the Catholic Church if you don’t agree with this. I’m not Catholic, but I wouldn’t waste days obsessing about SOMEBODY ELSE’s religion on a mom’s website.

This is easy, folks.

Bears repeating. Some of you need to get a life.

That would make sense had Clinton not recognized the Vatican as a sovereign country and had not recognized the presence of a Papal Nunciate.

[Anonymous]

As a non-catholic, I do not give a rat's rear-end what the Pope says. He, presumably, also has no Children.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So don’t join the Catholic Church if you don’t agree with this. I’m not Catholic, but I wouldn’t waste days obsessing about SOMEBODY ELSE’s religion on a mom’s website.

This is easy, folks.

Bears repeating. Some of you need to get a life.

That would make sense had Clinton not recognized the Vatican as a sovereign country and had not recognized the presence of a Papal Nunciate.

Which affects you how? Oh, it doesn’t affect you in the slightest what some old guy in a high-security palace in Rome (yeah, I’m obviously not Catholic either) says or doesn’t say.

Get a life.

[Anonymous]

Hes the one with no child! Let him adopt!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7 billion f--king people. We do not need any more, for chrissakes.

At 20 billion there would be room for more.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So don’t join the Catholic Church if you don’t agree with this. I’m not Catholic, but I wouldn’t waste days obsessing about SOMEBODY ELSE’s religion on a mom’s website.

This is easy, folks.

Bears repeating. Some of you need to get a life.

That would make sense had Clinton not recognized the Vatican as a sovereign country and had not recognized the presence of a Papal Nunciate.

Which affects you how? Oh, it doesn’t affect you in the slightest what some old guy in a high-security palace in Rome (yeah, I’m obviously not Catholic either) says or doesn’t say.

Get a life.

Read what I wrote. I’m not talking about some old guy in Rome. Clinton recognized a Papal Nunciate in America.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These remarks by the pope are simply indefensible. What a disgrace:

"Today we see a form of selfishness. We see that people do not want to have children, or just one and no more. And many, many couples do not have children because they do not want to, or they have just one -- but they have two dogs, two cats ... Yes, dogs and cats take the place of children," the Pope told an audience at the Vatican Wednesday.
"This denial of fatherhood or motherhood diminishes us, it takes away our humanity," he added.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/opinions/pope-wrong-about-having-children-currie/index.html

So people who cannot afford to have children are "selfish"? People who are worried about known genetic problems are "selfish"? People who have faced the heartache of fertility problems should just try, try again and not stop trying because that would be "selfish"? People still dealing with the trauma of childhood abuse, neglect or parents with addiction problems are "selfish"? Parents who cannot physically have more than one child, or who cannot afford more than one child, or who are focused on caring for a child with special needs or another difficult diagnosis are "selfish"?

What an un-Christian, immoral thing to say. Especially from someone who made a CHOICE not to be a parent...a career-related choice. And he said it during a pandemic, when many have lost their jobs. He said it as the planet is unstable from the affects of climate change, and a future for any child is likely to be difficult and uncertain.

I can't believe anyone still sees this person as a moral authority.

All religious leaders want to maintain and increase their follower-ship and revenue, why would they recommend going against their self interest? They aren’t looking out for your individual interest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:These remarks by the pope are simply indefensible. What a disgrace:

"Today we see a form of selfishness. We see that people do not want to have children, or just one and no more. And many, many couples do not have children because they do not want to, or they have just one -- but they have two dogs, two cats ... Yes, dogs and cats take the place of children," the Pope told an audience at the Vatican Wednesday.
"This denial of fatherhood or motherhood diminishes us, it takes away our humanity," he added.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/09/opinions/pope-wrong-about-having-children-currie/index.html

So people who cannot afford to have children are "selfish"? People who are worried about known genetic problems are "selfish"? People who have faced the heartache of fertility problems should just try, try again and not stop trying because that would be "selfish"? People still dealing with the trauma of childhood abuse, neglect or parents with addiction problems are "selfish"? Parents who cannot physically have more than one child, or who cannot afford more than one child, or who are focused on caring for a child with special needs or another difficult diagnosis are "selfish"?

What an un-Christian, immoral thing to say. Especially from someone who made a CHOICE not to be a parent...a career-related choice. And he said it during a pandemic, when many have lost their jobs. He said it as the planet is unstable from the affects of climate change, and a future for any child is likely to be difficult and uncertain.

I can't believe anyone still sees this person as a moral authority.

All religious leaders want to maintain and increase their follower-ship and revenue, why would they recommend going against their self interest? They aren’t looking out for your individual interest.

No, not all religious leaders are out for power and money, you bigoted atheist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So don’t join the Catholic Church if you don’t agree with this. I’m not Catholic, but I wouldn’t waste days obsessing about SOMEBODY ELSE’s religion on a mom’s website.

This is easy, folks.

Bears repeating. Some of you need to get a life.

That would make sense had Clinton not recognized the Vatican as a sovereign country and had not recognized the presence of a Papal Nunciate.

Which affects you how? Oh, it doesn’t affect you in the slightest what some old guy in a high-security palace in Rome (yeah, I’m obviously not Catholic either) says or doesn’t say.

Get a life.

Read what I wrote. I’m not talking about some old guy in Rome. Clinton recognized a Papal Nunciate in America.

And that affects you, how?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So don’t join the Catholic Church if you don’t agree with this. I’m not Catholic, but I wouldn’t waste days obsessing about SOMEBODY ELSE’s religion on a mom’s website.

This is easy, folks.

Bears repeating. Some of you need to get a life.

That would make sense had Clinton not recognized the Vatican as a sovereign country and had not recognized the presence of a Papal Nunciate.

Which affects you how? Oh, it doesn’t affect you in the slightest what some old guy in a high-security palace in Rome (yeah, I’m obviously not Catholic either) says or doesn’t say.

Get a life.

Read what I wrote. I’m not talking about some old guy in Rome. Clinton recognized a Papal Nunciate in America.

And that affects you, how?

The United States government should not give any religion that kind of official recognition. Catholicism is the only religion with an officially recognized Nunciate in America.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:So don’t join the Catholic Church if you don’t agree with this. I’m not Catholic, but I wouldn’t waste days obsessing about SOMEBODY ELSE’s religion on a mom’s website.

This is easy, folks.

Bears repeating. Some of you need to get a life.

That would make sense had Clinton not recognized the Vatican as a sovereign country and had not recognized the presence of a Papal Nunciate.

Which affects you how? Oh, it doesn’t affect you in the slightest what some old guy in a high-security palace in Rome (yeah, I’m obviously not Catholic either) says or doesn’t say.

Get a life.

Read what I wrote. I’m not talking about some old guy in Rome. Clinton recognized a Papal Nunciate in America.

And that affects you, how?

Racism doesn’t directly affect me either. So should I ignore racism?

[Anonymous]

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And that affects you, how?

How does people on here not having a life affect you?