CHRISTIANNEWS.COM.- Pope Francis praised paternity and adoption during Wednesday’s general audience at the Vatican, and regretted that people adopt pets instead of children.
“Today we see a form of selfishness. We see that some do not want to have children. Sometimes they have one, and that’s it. But instead they have dogs and cats that occupy that place,” the pope stressed during the first general audience of the year in the Paul VI room.
The pontiff also urged institutions to facilitate adoption processes. So that the dream of children who need a family and couples who want to welcome them come true, reports the New York Post.
«I wish that the institutions are always ready to help. Seriously monitoring, but also simplifying the necessary procedure so that the dream of so many little ones who need a family can be fulfilled, and of so many spouses who want to give themselves in love, “said Francisco.
In addition, he added: “The denial of paternity and motherhood undermines us, takes away our humanity, civilization becomes older.”
Then, the Pope returned to criticize the so-called “demographic winter” and the “dramatic drop in birth rates” that is recorded in many Western countries and urged to have children or adopt them.
At the end of the audience, as usual, the pope attended various numbers prepared by a circus with clowns, jugglers, dancers and musicians. In a festive atmosphere that contrasted with the solemn setting of the Vatican.
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