Pope Francis suggested people who own cats and dogs instead of having children exhibit 'a certain selfishness', during a speech on parenthood and adoption at the Vatican.
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The pontiff lamented that pets 'sometimes take the place of children' and that countries were becoming older and losing their humanity as a result

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