"Wednesday, he seemed to pull back from that statement. Speaking of his recent trip to the Philippines, where he presided over the largest mass in history, he said "it gives consolation and hope to see so many numerous families who receive children as a real gift of God. They know that every child is a benediction."

He called "simplistic" the belief that large families were the cause of poverty, blaming it instead on an unjust economic system. "We can all say that the principal cause of poverty is an economic system that has removed the person from the center, and put the god of money there instead."

Mons. Anthony Figueiredo, a theologian and Director of the North American Pontifical College in Rome, said the two statements are not contradictory.

"When the Pope speaks on the plane, he is speaking as a pastor to ordinary people," said Figueiredo, who is a CBS News consultant. "When he comes back, he wants to speak as Pope."


Tout est maintenant clair et confirme mon education religieuse, quand on me disait: le pape a Rome doit mettre la barre haute parce qu'il parle au monde, mais il faut considerer le context et adapter ce qu'il dit a la situation personnelle de tout chaque individu.

Qu'est ce qu'il y avait dans mon café ce matin? du whisky????ma tete tourne,

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