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Pope Francis suggested that people who choose
over children were acting
. He was addressing an
in Rome and told them that substituting children for pets was a "
" of parenthood. He added: "Today, we see a
of selfishness. We see that some people do not want to have a child. Sometimes they have just
, and that's it, but they have dogs and cats that take the
of children." Francis encouraged
to adopt children. He said: "Having a child is always a
, but there is
risk in not having a child."
