Some people think that - excuse my expression here - that in order to be good Catholics we have to be like rabbits. No. Parenthood is about being responsible. This is clear.

Few things make the life of a parent more rewarding and sweet as successful children.

In this connection, I should mention our enormous national debt. We must begin to make some payments on it if we are to avoid passing on to our children an impossible burden of debt.

In the transformation from a rural to an urban society, children are - though they might not agree - robbed of the opportunity to do genuinely responsible work.

You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life.

The thing I want more than anything else? I want to have children. I used to feel for every child I had, I would adopt another.