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Pope Benedict XVI

Monday, September 13, 2010

European Christians - Make Babies Or Die!

(Daily News) - A prominent Catholic priest wants European Christians to fight off Islam with a unique weapon: babies.

Father Piero Gheddo, an Italian missionary priest, said Wednesday he believes a declining birth rate among Europeans combined with a rising tide of Muslim immigrants could mean that Islam will soon dominate Europe.

"Certainly from a demographic point of view, as it is clear to everyone that Italians are decreasing by 120,000 or 130,000 persons a year because of abortion and broken families; while among the more than 200,000 legal immigrants a year in Italy, more than half are Muslims and Muslim families, which have a much higher level of growth," he said, according to Rome's Catholic news service Zenit News Agency.

Gheddo's solution? Christians need to start having more children.

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sir Knight, Europe is a dying continent. When people would rather have pets than babies, you see the mixed up priorities. Despite the massive efforts to "stimuulate" births by various governments, including "conception days" or "baby allowances" and other inducements, for the most part theyhave fallen on deaf ears.
There are whole villages in Italy with NO children, no weddings, no baptisms, but only funerals as the population ages. It is a society commiting suicide before our eyes. There are more abortions than births in Russia and the highest rate of AIDS. Parentheticaly, however, I understand that maternity hospitals in my area are gearing up for a "birth bubble" in Oct-nov, due to the heavy snowfalls/power outages/isolation which seemed to be a ummm time to do something besides watch the tube. Pete Frey

Anonymous said...

Funny to hear that from a celibate priest.