I completely disagreed with Pope Francis

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It is selfless to take care of pets, which are gods creations. And in that I would include the ones from breeders because pets have no way to escape that torture. Once in the world, they need love and care and they have ample of that to give in return. In so far as human children are concerned, playing with them is fine, but adopting? Definitely no. It is expensive for starters. Then children may not turn out to be model citizens, despite our best efforts and expenses. I have a neighbor older than I, about 8 years older. When he was much younger, he left his mother in old age home. It is not as if he couldn't afford to look after her. That lady had almost 6 or 7 kids. Collectively, they could have kept the mother at one place, and incurred the expenses. Instead, he found an old age home in a far flung place. He has not mentioned the costs involved. He has a son in America and tends to go on holidays every six months. But he didn't have the heart to spend on his mother. Yet, the society respects him. It is folks like him that make me feel good that I didn't have kids, and didn't adopt one. The trend is catching up. Those who are not leaving parents are often facing issues in their marriages. The dog is not gonna nag me ...you have not yet done the laundry or you use too much comfort in laundry. Nor will try to hint that I am using too much air freshener like my house help suggests. A child, own or adopted out here, will definitely calculate how much I am spending, and have comments. If not him or her, his or her spouse and the in laws will. And then, I consider adopting children of parents who are alive wrong, unless the parents have met with some major mishap, or suffer with a paralytic stroke or whatever rendering them incapable of earning. Even then, I can only extend helping hand. I am not in need of folks who would end up monitoring me. Seriously, a child with parents, if adopted, in my case, will bring in the burden of parents as well, and they will end up monitoring my way of living, including spending on stray dogs. Dogs cannot earn. Humans can. Dogs love with whole heart. Humans pretend and often have ulterior motive. Dogs cannot hurt verbally, humans can. In so far as physical abuse is concerned, none of my 10 have bitten me. Nipped out of excitement and want of attention yes, bitten no. With humans ..there are endless stories of neglect by own children, forget the adopted ones. So why on earth would I struggle to finance another person's enjoyment, presuming child is conceived out of enjoyment? And in so far as the world is concerned, IT NEEDS TO BRING DOWN NUMBERS. We cut trees to build homes for people, destroying oxygen, and increasing pollution. We are not satisfied with small homes, we want huge homes. All polluting things. We have only one planet. Humans can control having children, but animals cannot. So my vote for pets. The Pope possibly felt that the competing religion will outnumber Christianity and that could spell death of the religion. But are there any decent paying jobs waiting? If unemployed, crime rates will increase, isn't it? But hey, the competing religion members are also realizing that it is their loved ones who pay the price when they have more children. We have only one world. So I am for neutering and spaying strays. In fact, I would be fine if they were put to sleep after they cross 12. But fur babies any day over a human child. A tad controversial. What do you think?