Do as I Say and Not as I ... Don't

The pope, who has himself taken a vow of celibacy, has just ordered his flock to go forth and multiply!

Pope Benedict XVI told Catholics to have more babies "for the good of society," saying that some countries were being sapped of energy because of low birth rates.

"Having children is a gift that brings life and well-being to society," he told about 15,000 people at his weekly audience in the Vatican, to which he arrived by helicopter from his summer residence southeast of Rome.

He said the decline in the number of births "deprives some nations of freshness and energy and of hopes for the future incarnate in children."

The pope also spoke of "the security, the stability and the force of a numerous family."

I have to admit that I've been enjoying the sundry cultural pronouncements of this new pope! It seems that behind every single one is some kind of blatant absurdity that overshadows and undermines whatever it is he is saying.

-- CAV