{"id":21162,"date":"2022-01-17T04:05:57","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T03:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/?p=21162"},"modified":"2022-01-18T08:59:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-18T07:59:34","slug":"pope-francis-opting-for-pets-over-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phoneenglish.es\/blog\/2022\/01\/pope-francis-opting-for-pets-over-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis on Opting for Pets over Children"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pope Francis has made comments that couples who opt for animals instead of children are selfish. According to him, there are a lot of people nowadays who prefers to have one child or none at all but has cats or dogs that take the place of children. He also said that this denial of fatherhood or motherhood takes away our humanity. He encourages people to adopt children or make children naturally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more by reading the article on the website below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/01\/05\/europe\/pope-dogs-cats-kids-intl\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2022\/01\/05\/europe\/pope-dogs-cats-kids-intl\/index.html<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Discussion Questions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you agree with Pope Francis? Why or why not?<\/li><li>Would you prefer having pets, children, both, or none?<\/li><li>What are the pros and cons of having pets?<\/li><li>What are the pros and cons of having children?<\/li><li>What can happen in the future if more people choose to have pets instead of children?<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B2 &#8211; Upper Intermediate Pope Francis has made comments that couples who opt for animals instead of children are selfish. According to him, there are a lot of people nowadays who prefers to have one child or none at all but has cats or dogs that take the place of children. 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