Pope suggests people who have pets, not children, are ‘selfish’


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Pope Francis risked the ire of the world’s childless dog and cat owners on Wednesday, suggesting people who substitute pets for children exhibit “a certain selfishness”. Speaking on parenthood during a general audience at the Vatican, Francis lamented that pets “sometimes take the place of children” in society. Pope comforts migrants in Greece and blasts ‘shipwreck of civilisation’ “Today … we see a form of selfishness,” said the pope . “We see that some people do not want to have a child. “Sometimes they have one, and that’s it, but they have dogs and cats that take the place of...