launch family in Italy is becoming a “titanic effort” that only the rich can afford, Pope Francis said. on Friday, warning this “wild” freemarket conditions prevented young from availability children.
birth in Italy has fallen below 400 000 in 2022 for V first time, registering the 14th annual fall in a row, with General population declining by 179,000 to 58.85 million.
Presentation at the conference on Growing demographic crisis, Pope Francis said that declining fertility indicates a lack of hope in V future, with younger generations suspended down within the meaning of of uncertainty, fragility and unsteadiness.
“Complexity in find a stable job difficulty in saving one is beyond expensive Houses, sky- high rents and insufficient wages real problems”, he said, sitting next to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
“Freedom market“Without the necessary corrective measures, it becomes wild and creates more and more serious situations and inequalities.” added.
Papa said pets replace children in some households and counted how a woman at a recent audience opened her bag and asked for papal blessing for “her baby’, just to show what it was dog.
“I lost my patience and reproached her, saying that a lot children hungry and you bring me dog,” He said.
But he acknowledged that there are “almost insurmountable limits.” on young women forced to choose between career and motherhood. Due to high costs in promotion children, people re-evaluate their priorities added.
“We cannot passively accept that so many young people struggle realize their family dream and forced to lower the bar of desire, settlement for mediocre substitutes: making money for career, travel, jealously guarding free time,” he said.
reduction population this is a big worry for the third largest country in the Eurozone, with V economy minister warning Italy’s GDP risks falling 18% this week points over V next two decades if current fertility trends have continued.
Education minister said on Thursday current demographics suggested that the Italian school population was set decrease by one million over V next 10 years.
