Pope scolds couples who choose pets over kids

ROME — Pope Francis has not been reluctant to offer his views on polarizing subjects, but Wednesday, he waded into an issue involving two subjects on which consensus is almost impossible to find. Pets and kids.

Opting for pets over children is selfish and ‘takes away our humanity,’ says Pope Francis

Pope Francis has criticized couples who choose to have pets instead of children as selfish, arguing that their decision to forgo parenthood leads to a loss of “humanity” and is a detriment to civilization.

Pope Francis: It’s ‘selfish’ for people to raise animals and not children

Pope Francis is a multifaceted, fascinating and infuriating man. In recent years, he’s shown more acceptance of pro-choice Catholics, he’s thrown hands when someone got too aggressive with him, and his Instagram account’s “likes” revealed him to be an ass man…