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Having pets instead of kids "takes away our humanity," says Pope Francis

2022-01-06 00:00:00

Pope Francis said yesterday that people who have pets instead of kids is a "denial of fatherhood or motherhood" that "diminishes us, it takes away our humanity." From the New York Times:

The pope had already signaled his kids-over-kibbles stance in a 2014 interview with the Rome daily Il Messaggero. When asked whether some in society valued pets more than children, he said that it was a reality that reflected a "sign of cultural degeneration."

"That's because an emotional relationship with animals is easier, more programmable," he said at the time. He added, "Having a child is something complex."

Pope Francis is not known to have kept pets in his apartment at a Vatican guesthouse. His predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, on the other hand, was such an avowed cat person that there is even a children's book — "Joseph and Chico: The Life of Pope Benedict XVI as Told by a Cat" — told from a feline perspective.
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