Pope Against Population Control: "Population Is Proving To Be An Asset, Not A Factor That Contributes To Poverty"

Pope Decries "The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty"


By John-Henry Westen and Kathleen Gilbert


VATICAN CITY, December 12, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In his message for World Day of Peace, released yesterday, Pope Benedict XVI stated the long unrecognized truth that increased population has proved an asset rather than a detriment in terms of development. "Poverty is often considered a consequence of demographic change," he said...