Pope Francis took a wild swing at declining birthrates in the civilized world by denouncing childless couples or couples with only a single child who have pets. Gotta say this is a pretty tone deaf attempt by the head of the Catholic church, conveniently overlooking the tens of millions of starving people around the world. Yes, in a perfect world childless families who choose to do so can adopt, but many don't want that responsibility of raising young.
Meanwhile the tens of billions in assets belonging to the church which allow their priests to live in opulent luxury doesn't seem to be benefiting the poor. Mayhap the religious community ought to be looking out for the downtrodden and poor, rather than lining their own pockets and shaming the rest of us for being happily childless.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-new...-humanity-pope