Listener Thomas Ryan got in touch with the show outraged at the Pope saying that people who choose to have pets and not children are acting selfishly.
Pope Francis said; “Today, we see a form of selfishness, we see that some people do not want to have a child.
“Sometimes they have one, and that’s it, but they have dogs and cats that take the place of children. This may make people laugh, but it’s a reality.”
He added that it’s a denial of parenthood and if people are biologically unable to have children, that they should consider adoption.