Pope: Catholics don't have to breed 'like rabbits'

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Pope: Catholics don't have to breed 'like rabbits'
By NICOLE WINFIELD, Associated Press | January 19, 2015 | Updated: January 19, 2015 3:29pm

ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis is firmly upholding church teaching banning contraception, but said Monday that Catholics don't have to breed "like rabbits" and should instead practice "responsible parenting."

Speaking to reporters en route home from the Philippines, Francis said there are plenty of church-approved ways to regulate births. But he said most importantly, no outside institution should impose its views on regulating family size, blasting what he called the "ideological colonization" of the developing world.

African bishops, in particular, have long complained about how progressive, Western ideas about birth control and gay rights are increasingly being imposed on the developing world by groups, institutions or individual nations, often as a condition for development aid.

"Every people deserves to conserve its identity without being ideologically colonized," Francis said.


Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Pope-Catholics-don-t-have-to-be-like-rabbits-6025352.php

[MellowDem]

1. Seems like the Pope can't reconcile...

His terrible belief system with reality.

[Jackpine Radical]

5. It will be interesting to see how he resolves his cognitive dissonance.

I think he is fundamentally a truly decent man, and I think there is considerable potential for him to evolve in his views. Interesting to see that he's at least wrestling with these issues.

[elehhhhna]

14. wtf? dont let outsiders boss you AND

Don't use contraception?

[calimary]

2. Your Holiness, they won't have to if you fellows at the top of the ziggurat rethink your

condemnation of contraception.

[840high]

6. Most of my Catholic

family and friends do use contraception.

[rurallib]

9. and it is still condemned

which means a ticket to hell if I recall my religion classes correctly

I do not mean to offend in any way. Just pointing out the rules as I recall them.

[The Green Manalishi]

12. American Catholics and Christians of other denominations

get to decide which Biblical
passages are to be taken literally, which are figurative, and which are poetry.

[calimary]

33. No offense taken. I remember similar stuff in Catholic school, and during homily time in church.

[Marthe48]

13. Catholic from the waist up

said more than one of my Catholic friends

[840high]

31. I have to remember this. True for me.

[Marthe48]

36. It is a wonderful comment

I smile when I think of it

[Ilsa]

3. Uh, Francis,

"no outside institution should impose its views on regulating family size"

The Pope and his cardinals, bishops, and priests need to take his advice.

[Fred Sanders]

4. I think using hacked off sentences in italics is poor journalism, a calling card of propaganda.

Hacked off sentences are breeding like rabbits in the media.

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. Did you post in the wrong thread?

There are no italics in the article linked to in the OP. What journalism are you trying to knock?

[Warren Stupidity]

10. Reporting "shit the pope said" is bad journalism.

[Fred Sanders]

11. Not at the link, uh, it is a cut and paste from the link....so.....??

[muriel_volestrangler]

16. No italics in the OP either, and it hasn't been edited

So, do you actually know what the word 'italics' means?

[Fred Sanders]

18. You know what I mean. Parenthesis, quote marks, chopped off sentences, context, does that help?

[blkmusclmachine]

19. Anything to derail the conversation away from the matter at hand...

[muriel_volestrangler]

25. I agree, complaining about non-existent italics was an attempt to derail the conversation

It seems Fred has got bored with his attempts to derail and has gone away.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. No, I haven't the faintest idea what you mean. The only parentheses in the OP or article

are around 'AP' in the credit for Associated Press. You're objecting to that now?

How was anyone meant to know that when you type 'italics', you mean "Parenthesis, quote marks, chopped off sentences, context"? Since you genuinely don't seem to know what the word means, try this:

In typography, italic type is a cursive font based on a stylized form of calligraphic handwriting. Owing to the influence from calligraphy, such fonts normally slant slightly to the right. Italics are a way to emphasise key points in a printed text, or when quoting a speaker a way to show which words they stressed. One manual of English usage described italics as "the print equivalent of underlining".[1]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italic_type

As for the rest of your whine:

"quote marks" - these are used to indicate what the pope said, such as 'like rabbits'. Are you objecting to people quoting the pope, the way that Muslim extremists object to people drawing Muhammad?

"chopped off sentences" - which sentences do you think are 'chopped off'?

"context" - what about it? The only problem I've see with context in this thread is trying to work out the context of your complaints. When you use a word like 'italics' when you don't know what it means, you make it very difficult for anyone to create any context for your posts at all.

[Fred Sanders]

22. The italics reference confused you? Because " hacked off sentences" was not clear enough?

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. You still haven't said what you think was 'hacked off'

No, just saying the words "hacked off sentences" is not clear enough.

[freshwest]

34. I see he 'quit while he was behind,' LOL!

[LanternWaste]

35. I think derailing a thread is a calling card of the petulant.

I think derailing a thread is a calling card of the petulant. Six of one, half a dozen of the other...

insert distinction without a difference below.

[Warren Stupidity]

7. The obvious punch line here is "the fuck they don't".

Which would be the recommended way to accomplish not breeding like rabbits.

[Bluenorthwest]

15. Condoms, which are forbidden birth control also work to prevent disease transmission.

In Africa last year, AIDS took about 1.5 million lives, it is the number one killer on the continent. The 1.5 million is actually 'good news' as it is trending downward because of increased education, condom use and better access to treatment.
So there's that.

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. But he says that aid groups saying healthcare workers must be allwoed to distribute condoms is

"ideological colonization". He says governments have the right to ban condoms, and aid groups should shut up and give them money anyway. Good ol' Pope Frankie, eh?

[Bluenorthwest]

29. Exactly. Dying by the millions from preventable disease for a dogma.

He's a stone cold creature, that Francis. And his Bishops in Africa include those in places like Uganda which have been active in the anti gay laws there, in spite of claims that only American evangelicals are to blame. Uganda is 43% Catholic, 40% Anglican. But Pope fans claim Evangelicals from the US run the place/

[Demeter]

17. Well, that's a crying shame

Perhaps, if His Holiness could find some relevant passages in the New Testament....

you mean, there aren't any?

Well, then, the Church has NOTHING to say on the matter, and should STFU!

[blkmusclmachine]

20. Does your holy book say anything about protecting child didlers, dear pope???

[LeftyMom]

26. Wait, aren't those places only Catholic because they were "ideologically colonized"

usually as part of being "we're in charge now, please place everything of value on a ship to the mother country" actually colonized?

He's not opposed to ideological influences, he's opposed to competition.

[Baclava]

27. Who is this guy? The Anti-christ?

there's a Holy War going on!

Onward Breeding Christian Soldiers!




Amen

[JDPriestly]

28. How much stock can a couple place in the words of a presumably celibate priest who has no

children. It is ridiculous for the Pope to voice an opinion on birth control. He knows nothing about what it means to be in a committed relationship with someone. As far as I'm concerned, his advice and opinion on this are worth about as much as that of a three-year-old.

[Skittles]

32. it isn't just ridiculous - it is disgusting insanity

yet everyone is expected to RESPECT this bullshit

[LibDemAlways]

30. He must have seen a photo of the Duggars. n/t

[FSogol]

37. Reminds me of a joke: "What do you call a woman who uses rhythm for family planning?"

Mom

[niyad]

38. an oldie but still true: "what do you call catholics who use the rhythm method?" answer: "parents

[niyad]

39. hey, frankie, what is your stand on FGM? is opposition to those horrendous, woman-hating

practices "ideological colonization"?