Pope praises Indonesians for choosing children over cats

Keep it up: Pope praises Indonesians for choosing to have big families, while others prefer cats and dogs instead

JAKARTA, Sept 5 — Pope Francis praised Indonesians yesterday for their large families and suggested that people in other countries are choosing to have pets rather than bring up children. The 87-year-old pontiff was speaking alongside Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo in Jakarta on the first stop on a four-country trip to Asia. “And your country...has families with three, four or five children that keep moving forward, and this is reflected in t…

Pope Praises Indonesians for Choosing Children Over Cats

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Pope praises Indonesians for choosing children over cats

Pope Francis praised Indonesians on Wednesday for their large families and suggested that people in other countries are choosing to have pets rather than bring up children.

Pope Francis enters ‘childless cat ladies’ debate, praising Indonesians’ large families

Pope Francis weighed in Wednesday on a subject that has played a major role in U.S. political discourse in recent weeks, praising those who choose to have children instead of “a cat or a small dog, and not a child.” In remarks while visiting the presidential palace in Indonesia on Wednesday, Francis lamented the “lack of true…

Pope Francis: Indonesia’s high birth rate is an example for other countries

Pope Francis speaks at the Istana Negara Presidential Palace Hall in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Sep 4, 2024 / 15:16 pm (CNA). Pope Francis praised the high birth rate of Indonesia ... [...]

Pope Francis praises Indonesians for choosing children over cats, unlike some…

Pope Francis praised Indonesia’s relatively high birthrate while lamenting that in the West, “some prefer a cat or a little dog.”