Italy’s birth rate, already one of the lowest in the world, has been falling steadily for about 15 years and reached a record low last year.

Pope Francis is stepping up his campaign to urge Italians to have children, calling for long-term policies to help families and warning that the country’s demographic crisis was threatening the future.

“The number of births is the first indicator of the hope of a people,” Francis told an annual gathering of pro-family groups on Friday.

“Without children and young people, a country loses its desire for the future.”

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    6 months ago

    Because someone is going to have to work for you pension.

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      6 months ago

      What pension? Companies don’t offer pensions anymore. And the govt wants to steal whats left and give it to the oil companies.