Italy’s birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has been falling steadily for about 15 years and reached a record low last year.

Italy’s birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has been falling steadily for about 15 years and reached a record low last year.

Pope Francis is stepping up his campaign to urge Italians to have children, calling for long-term policies to help families and warning that the country’s demographic crisis was threatening the future.

“The number of births is the first indicator of the hope of a people,” Francis told an annual gathering of pro-family groups on Friday.

“Without children and young people, a country loses its desire for the future.”

  • Carvex@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1242·
    7 months ago

    Without a future or desire to live, why would we have kids? Why are we listening to an 80 year old male virgin in a dress who represents a fairy tale and participated in covering up the rapes of children around the world?

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      414·
      6 months ago

      Because someone is going to have to work for you pension.

      • lazylion_ca@lemmy.caEnglish
        7·
        6 months ago

        What pension? Companies don’t offer pensions anymore. And the govt wants to steal whats left and give it to the oil companies.