As readers will perhaps know, this lapsed Catholic writer has been a critic of Pope Francis for his support of globalist woke causes, such as mass immigration of the Third World to the West. However, he praised Indonesian for having large families: "And your country...has families with three, four or five children that keep moving forward, and this is reflected in the age levels of the country," he said.
"Keep it up, you're an example for everyone, for all the countries that maybe, and this might sound funny, (where) these families prefer to have a cat or a little dog instead of a child."
While the principle of pro-natalism is good, I notice that he is praising a non-White largely Muslim country to expand its population even more. Do they really need this encouragement? How about he goes home to Italy and does something about Italy's population decline? He has spoken about this, and should be doing more, and his job is to serve Christians, not other religions, at least on paper.
Even when the Pope says something seemingly good, behind it is a shadow.
"Pope Francis praised Indonesians on Wednesday for their large families and suggested that people in other countries are choosing to have pets rather than bring up children.
The 87-year-old pontiff was speaking alongside Indonesia's president Joko Widodo in Jakarta on the first stop on a four-country trip to Asia.
"And your country...has families with three, four or five children that keep moving forward, and this is reflected in the age levels of the country," he said.
"Keep it up, you're an example for everyone, for all the countries that maybe, and this might sound funny, (where) these families prefer to have a cat or a little dog instead of a child," he added, turning to Widodo with a chuckle.
The pope made similar comments in May when he addressed a conference in Rome on the demographic crisis gripping Italy and Europe.
"Homes are filled with objects and emptied of children, becoming very sad places. There is no shortage of little dogs, cats, these are not lacking. There is a lack of children," he said on that occasion.
Although Indonesia has a higher birth rate than many Western nations, the trend has also been declining there in recent years.
In the United States, JD Vance, the running mate of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, has faced a wave of negative press over past comments referring to some rival Democrats as "a bunch of childless cat ladies."