Pope Encourages Catholics to Have Large Families, Citing “Demographic Deficit”
ROME, August 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In remarks given during his weekly audience, during which he meets with pilgrims around the world, Pope Benedict XVI focused on the gift and the beauty of the large family, while citing a “demographic deficit” that he says is depriving Western nations of “freshness, energy, and the future incarnate in children.” “With the Lord,” said the pope, commenting on the text of Psalm 126, “there is prosperity and fruitfulness, a family rich with children and serenity, a city well supplied and protected, free from fears and insecurities.” “The father who had children in his […]
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