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The Pope is right: it is selfish to choose pets over children

8 January 2022

7:00 PM

8 January 2022

7:00 PM

Well, we’ve been terrifically amused and amusing at the expense of Pope Francis, who this week declared at a Vatican audience that:

‘Many couples do not have children because they don’t want them, or have just one because they don’t want any more, but have two dogs, two cats… oh yes, dogs and cats take the place of children.

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