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Pope Francis calls choice to not have children 'selfish'

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ANI Washington

Pope Francis says that the choice to not have children is selfish.

According to Washington Times, Pope Francis told a crowd Wednesday at the Vatican that an enriched society requires that children be valued and that "the choice to not have children is selfish."

Raised in a family with five children, the Pope said that children are really the supreme gift of marriage and contribute very substantially to the welfare of their parents.

The pope added: " A society with a greedy generation, that doesn't want to surround itself with children, that considers them above all worrisome, a weight, a risk, is a depressed society.

 

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First Published: Feb 13 2015 | 3:45 PM IST

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