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The Pope encouraged
to have more children. He cautioned couples for making "
, egotistical" choices that result in
birth rates. He said this is threatening Italy's economic
. He said there was a "
winter". Italy saw a
low number of births last year (392,000) and an elevated number of
(713,000). The Pope urged couples to have babies instead of
. The BBC said Italy is
dubbed as "the country of empty
". It quoted Elon Musk as tweeting that: "Italy is disappearing."
