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LaMouffette

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21. "It amounts to a denial of fatherhood and motherhood and diminishes us, takes away our humanity."

Wed Jan 5, 2022, 03:03 PM

Jan 2022

So therefore, all of those childless priests and nuns, and the pope, have diminished humanity?

Maybe the pope is priming the world for a pronouncement that the clergy can get married and have sex now?

Or maybe there are a few little Pope Francises running around, the news of which he's going to spring on the world?

Either way, I don't care what the pope thinks. My furry kids have all done nothing but enhance my humanity.

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childless Pope: Having Pets Instead of Kids Is 'Selfish', a 'denial of fatherhood and motherhood' [View all] Demovictory9 Jan 2022 OP

I pretty much lost all faith in the Catholic Church years ago. Throck Jan 2022 #1

Huh? JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #2

he says "adopt" then Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #4

I saw that JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #7

"You don't play the game, you don't make the rules." PCIntern Jan 2022 #3

LOL! Right?! Behind the Aegis Jan 2022 #27

I had just logged on to post that exact saying.... Sogo Jan 2022 #37

Is He Even Vaguely Aware Of How Over-Populated The Earth Is? Me. Jan 2022 #5

+1. BeckyDem Jan 2022 #18

My immediate takeaway as well gratuitous Jan 2022 #33

My UNderstanding Is THat It Is Already Becoming Unsustainable Me. Jan 2022 #41

+2 demigoddess Jan 2022 #36

So is he saying that grumpyduck Jan 2022 #6

I think so JustAnotherGen Jan 2022 #8

I'm afraid to say, but I think he is most likely vanlassie Jan 2022 #11

Yeah, if don't have babies and turn them into good Catholics the pews aren't filled. Thomas Hurt Jan 2022 #9

Bingo! mnhtnbb Jan 2022 #14

And who would his clergy have to abuse? n/t malaise Jan 2022 #38

What a silly thing to say, especially given planetary overpopulation. crickets Jan 2022 #10

Oh please...times have changed. PortTack Jan 2022 #12

What if we don't happen to like kids? I can't think of a worse thing for a child than to be here Vinca Jan 2022 #13

Fucking Fool Haggard Celine Jan 2022 #15

Right...THe Duggars Me. Jan 2022 #25

Its a very personal decision Bayard Jan 2022 #16

After 45 years of wedded bliss, and no kids, I'm calling bullshit on the Pope. 634-5789 Jan 2022 #17

I prefer my pets and my free time. N/t LiberatedUSA Jan 2022 #19

Wondering how many of the unwanted 130 MILLION ORPHANS he has at the Vatican that he's supporting. 634-5789 Jan 2022 #20

"I usually agree with his Popeness, but this time, he struck out big time." Sogo Jan 2022 #39

I know we don't. Hell, my wife wasn't even Catholic when we got married! 634-5789 Jan 2022 #40

"It amounts to a denial of fatherhood and motherhood and diminishes us, takes away our humanity." LaMouffette Jan 2022 #21

You're smarter than that, I think. BeckyDem Jan 2022 #22

The Catholic religion sees the sole purpose of marriage as procreation. ColinC Jan 2022 #23

Much as I've enjoyed Frank (esp compared to the last two guys) . . . . hatrack Jan 2022 #24

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Jan 2022 #32

Yes? And? AngryOldDem Jan 2022 #26

Betty White was a champion of animals PlanetBev Jan 2022 #28

How many kids does he have? Solly Mack Jan 2022 #29

... ColinC Jan 2022 #35

I'm disappointed in him,for a Pope who I heard choose his name after St Francis of Assisi Raine Jan 2022 #30

And how does it look when people are forced to have kids? krispos42 Jan 2022 #31

Hoo Boy! That is one way to spin the Joseph thing genxlib Jan 2022 #34

I really like Pope Francis (while vehemently disagreeing on certain things)... electric_blue68 Jan 2022 #42

Ask any of those people with kids why they had them RB TexLa Jan 2022 #43