0824 Pets and Children

The Pope has suggested that people who choose to have pets instead of children were acting selfishly. Pope Francis was addressing worshippers in Rome. He told his audience that substituting children for pets was a "denial of fatherhood and motherhood". He added: "Today, we see a form of selfishness. We see that some people do not want to have a child. Sometimes they have just one, and that's it, but they have dogs and cats that take the place of children." Pope Francis encouraged couples to adopt children. He said: "We must not be afraid to choose the path of adoption, to take the risk of welcoming children. Having a child is always a risk, but there is more risk in not having a child."

It is not the first time Pope Francis has spoken out on this topic. In 2014, he said choosing pets over children was detrimental to our future. He called it a "phenomenon of cultural degradation". He commented that the emotional relationship with pets was "easier" than the "complex" relationship with children. In continuing this theme, he called the downward trend in birth rates across many countries a "demographic winter". Not everyone agrees with the Pope's comments. The New York Post pointed out the contradiction of Francis taking his name from St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of animals. It added: "Dogs make us more human. They make us better. Dogs, I think, are superior to most people."

 

detrimental

해로운

 

degradation

하강 

<-antonym-> 

development, evolution

 

demographic

인구통계학적

 

Contradiction

모순

 

 

The reason for agreeing to adopt a child is that parents have a child is not preceded by the child's consent, so if they want to raise a child, they think it is more appropriate to adopt an already born child.

 

I agree with adoption children in that having a child is not preceded by a consent of the baby.

 

The pope is very conservative. 

I don't follow a religion. I'm atheist.

Those who've been robbed of their land are called Indigenous peoples, Aboriginal, Native Americans

 

Pros = good result

Cons = consquence = bad result

 

 

Parenthood is

Being a parent is 

There are way more cons than pros in being a parent.

I was disobedient. I was not that good kid.

 

I believe the world is getting better naturally with better person. So, if the birth late is going down as much as unprecedented, I don't think the world is stepping back but stepping forward living better in life.