Pope urges Italians to have more babies to tackle low birth rate
Pope Francis delivers his speech during an annual gathering of pro-family organisations at the Auditorium della Conciliazione, in Rome on Friday (Alessandra Tarantino/AP)
Pope Francis continued his campaign on Friday 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.
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