http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/j ... n-not-pets

Maybe he should tell his priests to have pets and not children... Or you know, let the priests have the adult relationships he espouses.

I knew an Austrian couple, the catholic church would only let them marry, when the aim of the marriage was to produce children. There was no other reason to get married...

There are people out there who only have sex for procreation :s


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That is apparently 'strict' catholic doctrine. The catholic church is kind of against anything where you enjoy yourself .

I think it's a bit of a weird thing to say though to be honest. It's not as if the two are mutually exclusive, and pets are God's children too. Yon Pope fella has been doing and saying a lot of seemingly sensible things so far, it seems an odd policy to bring all that in to question over. The fundamental point may be that children brought up as catholics are maybe more likely to stay catholics, and they're worried about declining numbers in certain parts of the world.

Meh, the church is dying on it's ar$e in the developed world - they need a moderate like him to affect change and keep them within sight of, if not quite in touch with, public opinion.