Pope Francis has long urged couples to marry and have babies rather than dogs. He also has long championed the rights of workers and held up labor itself as the foundation of human dignity.

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The pontiff addressed the topic of marriage’s indissolubility, or permanence, in a meeting with members of the Roman Rota, ...

74 2271 Since the first century the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable. Direct abortion, that is to say ...