Pope calls on Italian women to have more babies .

POPE John Paul used a historic speech to the Italian parliament yesterday to urge Italians to have more babies.

Speaking in a strong voice, he urged Italians to have more children to turn around one of the world’s lowest birth rates.

He urged the government to enact pro-family policies to turn around the decline in the birth rate, calling for a "broad and responsible commitment to favour a clear-cut reversal".

Italian women have only 1.23 children on average, compared to 1.48 in the European Union overall and 1.88 in Ireland.

Italy’s population is forecast to fall by a third over the next 50 years. The decline has Italy anxiously re-examining the country’s romantic image - and whether men stay on too long at home with their mothers.

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Come on you old codger, less talk more action! Practice what you preach.



Get off the Sister Narelle chatroom, drop your dacks and slip a few signorinas a length.

Apart from that suggestion might I add this in a rare moment of seriousness ... "HOW DARE YOU!!!!" Isn't the fact that the birthrate in this predominantly Catholic country is so low telling you something, you old git! Maybe it's something in the water that is lowering the fertility rate!? Couldn't possibly be the furtive use of frangers!

Low fertility in Italy ... high futility in the Vatican.