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AngryOldDem

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26. Yes? And?

Wed Jan 5, 2022, 03:17 PM

Jan 2022

This is nothing new. One thing couples must agree to before a Catholic marriage is being open to children from that marriage. Catholic doctrine has always said procreation is the main reason for marriage.

People are free to take what is of use to them in terms of dogma and doctrine, and chuck the rest. Many, if not most, Catholics do just that.

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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