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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The Pope says a lot of things.  A lot of what he says is good, and helpful, and needing to be said.  No one here is going to give him credit for that.  Instead, they will seize upon,  misinterpret, twist to the extreme, and use out of context things that he says that, on a surface level, are disagreeable -- because they are predisposed against him and against the Catholic religion.

I strongly suspect that if one were to actually talk with him, he would agree that, under the many circumstances described here by all of these faux outraged posters, it's not "selfish" not to have kids.  No one here would be interested in doing that, however.  That's not your way.

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Oh, we all realize that. Let's just say that when you're the Pope, and you know your words are going to be dissected out of context, it would behoove you to not say too many of them and to really consider before you speak.
This is what the other Popes did, and what public figures around the world strive to do. He's supposed to be infallible, for heaven's sake! Surely that would make any human think a hundred times before they do anything or open their mouth :-)

But it's easier for some people than others. This Pope is gregarious and chatty and can't help himself. It makes him relatable for his fans, and gives ammunition to his detractors. I'm sure he accepts that and his PR people are facepalming and saying: "well you put your foot in it again!".

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