Pope Francis to Speak at Event on Italy’s Record-Low Birth Rate
Italy’s overall population has been falling since 2014 with 282,000 more deaths than births in Italy in 2023.
Italy’s overall population has been falling since 2014 with 282,000 more deaths than births in Italy in 2023.
Put some of journalist Tim Carney’s best advice to use: ‘Send the kids outside, grab a drink, and don’t stop reading until someone comes back starving or bleeding …’
COMMENTARY: Powerful people have spent billions of dollars pushing the morally offensive idea that there is an 'over-population crisis,' but facts prove otherwise.
Summit attendees will examine the global sexual revolution and the future of freedom and family.
In his homily, Cardinal Parolin emphasized the importance of charity in renewing Europe.
Demographic decline has also been predicted by the Pontifical Catholic University of Argentina, which in January 2019 forecast that 20% of the population will be over 64 by 2050.
The overall number of births in the United States fell 4% last year to just more than 3.6 million births in 2020 – the sixth consecutive year that figure has decreased and the lowest number of births since 1979.
A series of conferences promoted by the Federation of Catholic Family Associations in Europe is raising awareness about key demographic and family issues in the Old Continent.
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