Good Roman Catholics do not need to breed like
"rabbits", the Pope has said, but should practice
"responsible" parenting instead.
Pope Francis spoke as he returned from the
Philippines, where he met former street children
abandoned by parents unable to afford to care
for them.
Standing firm against artificial birth control, he
said new life was "part of the sacrament of
marriage".
But he said population experts advised three
children per family.
Pope Francis raised eyebrows last week when, in
the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo killings in
Paris, he said it was wrong to provoke others by
insulting their religion.
He told journalists as a joke that his assistant
could expect a punch if he ''cursed his mother''.
At the same time, the Pope defended freedom of
expression.
'Excuse my expression'
Speaking to journalists while heading back to
Rome from the Philippines on Monday, Pope
Francis was asked what he would say to families
who had more children than they could afford
because the Church forbids artificial
contraception.
He replied with an unexpected turn of phrase:
"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."
The Pope said he knew many ways allowed by
the Catholic Church that could ensure families
only had as many children as they wished.
He cited the case of one woman he had met
who had had seven children by Caesarean
section and was expecting her eighth - a
pregnancy he said was irresponsible.
"She said, 'I trust in God.' But God gave us the
means to be responsible," the Pope said.
But he added that for the poorest, a child was a
treasure for its mother and father.
To a separate question, the Pope said that most
importantly, no outside institution should impose
its views on families.
Progressive, Western ideas about birth control
and gay rights were increasingly being imposed
by groups, institutions or nations there, often as
a condition for development aid, he said.
"Every people deserves to conserve its identity
without being ideologically colonised," the Pope
said.
During his trip to the Philippines the Pope
defended traditional Vatican teaching, which
opposes artificial contraception.
On Sunday, an estimated six million people
attended an outdoor mass he celebrated in the
capital, Manila.
Pope Francis in quotes

On freedom of speech: "If my good friend
Doctor Gasparri [who organises the Pope's
trips] speaks badly of my mother, he can
expect to get punched. You cannot provoke.
You cannot insult the faith of others. You
cannot make fun of the faith of others.
There is a limit."

On homosexuality: "If someone is gay and
he searches for the Lord and has good will,
who am I to judge?"

On abortion: "It is not 'progressive' to try to
resolve problems by eliminating a human
life... This defence of unborn life is closely
linked to the defence of each and every
other human right."

On hunger: "With all the food that is left over
and thrown away, we could feed so many. If
we were able to stop wasting and start
recycling food, world hunger would diminish
greatly."

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Thanks your holiness but no be we worse pass