From THE NY DAILY TIMES (8th. September 2010):
A prominent Catholic priest wants European Christians to fight off Islam with a unique weapon: babies.
Father Piero Gheddo, an Italian missionary priest, said Wednesday he believes a declining birth rate among Europeans combined with a rising tide of Muslim immigrants could mean that Islam will soon dominate Europe.
"Certainly from a demographic point of view, as it is clear to everyone that Italians are decreasing by 120,000 or 130,000 persons a year because of abortion and broken families; while among the more than 200,000 legal immigrants a year in Italy, more than half are Muslims and Muslim families, which have a much higher level of growth," he said, according to Rome's Catholic news service Zenit News Agency.
Gheddo's solution? Christians need to start having more children.
"The fact is that, as a people, we are becoming ever more pagan and the religious vacuum is inevitably filled by other proposals and religious forces," he said. "If we consider ourselves a Christian country, we should return to the practice of Christian life, which would also solve the problem of empty cradles."
The pedant in me points out that it’s “Just lie back….”
Father Daniel, I believe the young lady is about to get laid, not lied.
“and think of England”?
Anonymous – clearly not, “and think of Jesus”.
You need a thought bubble from the Mastiff: “I’m her ‘Baby’: she told me so!” or “If he keeps it up—so to speak—I’ll unman him w/ single bite!”
To continue: Yes, she was getting laid but was lying down at the time.
When I taught at a Roman Catholic high school and a student said that he was laying on the floor, a colleague would say that good Catholic didn’t do that kind of thing. I know that “to lie” will probably only be used to mean to prevaricate in the very near future, but I continue to lie down each night – and even during the day – to sleep.
Ah, that explains it. It’s a Catholic thing and I’m such a good protestant 🙂
I hope Bishop Clumber isn’t implicated in this.
From experience I am of a mind that Bishop Clumber is implicated in just about everything slightly naughty.