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The of the Roman Catholic Church Pope Francis has issued a warning to fathers who work long hours. He criticised workaholic dads for being 'symbolically ' from their families, and of effectively making their children 'orphans'. The Pope was speaking to a at the Vatican on Wednesday when he made his for fathers to spend more time with their children and get involved in family life. He told worshippers that the absence of fathers in the family is one of the that children experience growing up. He said fathers who focused too on their jobs was one of the of "deviances of children and adolescents".

Pope Francis said this problem of fathers being obsessed with their and not spending time with their family was particularly in Europe and North America. He said: "Fathers are so focused on themselves, on their work, and at their personal fulfillment, that they even forget their families, leaving children and the young to their own ." He added: "The of orphanhood experienced by many young people is more than we might think. They are orphans in their families because their fathers are often absent from the , but also, and above all, because when they are present, they do not act like fathers." He warned that families are being accepted as the .

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