Italy’s birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has been falling steadily for about 15 years and reached a record low last year.

Pope Francis is stepping up his campaign to urge Italians to have children, calling for long-term policies to help families and warning that the country’s demographic crisis was threatening the future.

“The number of births is the first indicator of the hope of a people,” Francis told an annual gathering of pro-family groups on Friday.

“Without children and young people, a country loses its desire for the future.”

  • Carvex@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Without a future or desire to live, why would we have kids? Why are we listening to an 80 year old male virgin in a dress who represents a fairy tale and participated in covering up the rapes of children around the world?

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      6 months ago

      Because someone is going to have to work for you pension.

      • lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca
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        6 months ago

        What pension? Companies don’t offer pensions anymore. And the govt wants to steal whats left and give it to the oil companies.