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Pope Francis on Friday echoed calls made by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni<\/a> urging Italians to have more babies and fewer pets as Italy faces its greatest population crisis to date.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The head of the Catholic Church denounced the financial woes plaguing Italy\u2019s young populations and urged them to forgo “selfish, egotistical” decisions that play into their family planning.<\/p>\n

The pope blasted couples<\/a> who have pets and not children and called on Rome to provide resources for young families to circumvent the “demographic winter” and to “plant the future”\u00a0with hope.\u00a0<\/p>\n

BIRTH RATE IN ITALY HITS RECORD LOW IN 2022 AS POPULATION CONTINUES TO SHRINK<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Let us not resign ourselves to sterile dullness and pessimism,” Francis said during an annual gathering of pro-family organizations. “Let us not believe that history is already marked, that nothing can be done to reverse the trend.”<\/p>\n

The pope\u2019s comments come as Meloni looks to encourage a significant spike in births over the next decade after Italy recorded its lowest birth rate ever with\u00a0392,598 births in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The low birth rate, coupled with an increase in the mortality rate<\/a> after 713,499 deaths were recorded last year, has officials worried about an economic crash.<\/p>\n

In order to circumvent a feared collapse of Italy\u2019s social security program, Meloni is backing a plan that would encourage birth rates to increase to 500,000 annual births by 2033 \u2013 a proposal that was at the heart of her campaign for the premiership last year when she ran on the mantra\u00a0of “God, family, fatherland.”<\/p>\n

POPE FRANCIS GIVES WOMEN THE RIGHT TO VOTE AT MEETING OF BISHOPS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Italy has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, with women having, on average, 1.24 children.<\/p>\n

Numerous studies have suggested that Italy\u2019s lack of affordable childcare, low pay, dubious work contracts and tradition of women carrying for older parents are all factors that have led to a declining birth rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meloni, who shares one child with her husband, has said that it is time to reverse Italy\u2019s low-birth trend, though she also believes that the population crisis should be dealt with without turning to surrogacy, maintaining a hardline approach to immigration and refusing to budge on allowing same-sex couples to adopt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“We want a nation where it is no longer scandalous to say that \u2014 whatever the legitimate, free choices, inclinations of each person \u2014 we are all born of a man or a woman,” Meloni said to applause. “Where it is not taboo to say that motherhood is not for sale, that wombs are not for rent, and children are not over-the-counter products that you can choose on the shelf as if you were in the supermarket and maybe return if then the product does not match what you expect.”<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/pope-joins-conservative-pm-calling-italians-more-babies-less-pets <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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