Pope tells Catholics to multiply

[boybi]

from Inq7.net

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI told Catholics to have more babies "for the good of society," saying that some countries were being sapped of energy because of low birth rates.

"Having children is a gift that brings life and well-being to society," he told about 15,000 people at his weekly audience in the Vatican, to which he arrived by helicopter
from his summer residence southeast of Rome.
He said the decline in the number of births "deprives some nations of freshness and energy and of hopes for the future incarnate in children."

The Pope also spoke of "the security, the stability and the force of a numerous family."

Although the Vatican bans all forms of artificial contraception, this is widely ignored even in predominantly Catholic countries such as Italy and Spain, which have some of the lowest birth rates in the world.

The pontiff regretted that God is "unhappily often excluded or ignored" in many societies.

"A sound society certainly is bornout of the commitment of all of its members, but it also has a need of the blessing and support of God," he said

[j_avonni]

This should not apply to Filipinos.

[empy]

i would happily go to Italy and Spain and do my share to increase birth rates there


Italian and Spanish women --> :drool:

[BoEinG_747]

Italian and Spanish women --> :drool:

ttwwweetttttt twwwwweeeeeeeeett ...mapapasipol ka sa gandaa


dito a pinas kahit di sabhin ni pope .nag multiply na talaga

[andre]

Hey! Its a race for religion supremacy. Go and mulitply

[kiper]

dapat hindi marinig ng mga Pilipino yan..

iba dapat ang approach dito..

di na makakatulong ang pagdami pa ng mga anak.

mas lalong mahihirapan ang population.. mayaman man or mahirap.

[BlueBimmer]

sa japan din dpat yan, wag dito

[scarab]

...tumulong na lang tayo sa mga bansang nangangailangan.

[coiter]

applicable lang to to rich countries and rich people. they totally disregard the morality of bringing to the world children whose parents cannot feed them or whose basic rights cannot be met. di na rin kasi masyadong kumikita ang vatican kaya ini-encourage nilang dumami ang followers.

[mazdamazda]

di na rin kasi masyadong kumikita ang vatican kaya ini-encourage nilang dumami ang followers.

huh? did you just get this from the air?

Vatican posted a net income last year (after a few years of having deficits).

[zero]

gusto ko rin makatulong, saan ba nagpapalista?

[mantoy]

dapat yata i-qualify ni Pope yung statement nya. heheh.

[BlueBimmer]

pwede ba pumunta sa sperm bank at dun ko ipadala hehe

[falken]

That statement applies to other countries but certainly not to the Phil.

[espeago]

That statement applies to other countries but certainly not to the Phil.

Precisely Sir..

The numbers are extremely alarming. Let's start with the demographic bomb. The Philippines is already the 12th-most-populous country in the world: 84 million by the end of 2004, and counting. At an annual growth rate of 2.36%, the population will have doubled by 2033 and may reach 200 million by 2042. The growth rate is extremely high compared with other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries such as Indonesia (1.6%) and Thailand (1.3%).

Thailand and the Philippines had the same population size in 1965. Twenty years later, Thailand was at 52 million and the Philippines at 55 million. In 2004, Thailand's population stands at 64 million while the Philippines is approaching 84 million.

We'll have to endure nine years of Arroyo without a population policy. She's a devout Catholic. She won't budge. A partial solution would be the private sector taking over the distribution of contraceptives.



Peace

[111prez]

hayyy, ang sarap mag comment pero huwag na .........

suffice to say, i am just glad that i am a christian

Godbless to all !

[mazdamazda]

dapat yata i-qualify ni Pope yung statement nya. heheh.

read the WHOLE statement...

VATICAN CITY -- Pope Benedict XVI told Catholics to have more babies "for the good of society," saying that some countries were being sapped of energy because of low birth rates.

[badkuk]

something tells me this particular pope hasn't really been to third world countries. then again, why should he care? hindi naman sya ang mag aalaga ng mga bata e -- ang importante, madami syang followers na mauuto, este, na susunod sa kanya.

damn. la pang isang taon and this pope is already disappointing me.

[mazdamazda]

something tells me this particular pope hasn't really been to third world countries. then again, why should he care? hindi naman sya ang mag aalaga ng mga bata e -- ang importante, madami syang followers na mauuto, este, na susunod sa kanya.

damn. la pang isang taon and this pope is already disappointing me.

he wasn't referring to 3rd world countries in the first place.

[mantoy]

he wasn't referring to 3rd world countries in the first place.

really? i thought he addressed the statement to catholics in general. to me his statement is not directed to any specific country. i thought he just cited as examples some countries that have low birth rates. but did he say that his statement should be only applied to those low-birthrate countries?
i don't know. but like badkuk, i'm disappointed with this pope.