PopeWatch: Wascally Wabbits

15 August AD 2015
Donald R. McClarey

From the only reliable source of Catholic news on the net, Eye of the Tiber:

Just days after Pope Francis made statements supporting the Church’s ban on artificial means of birth control, media outlets from across the globe are now reporting that the “progressive” pope has finally overturned the Church’s long-standing ban on contraception for bunnies.

Speaking with reporters on a flight Monday from the Philippines to Rome, Francis encouraged Catholics to use natural family planning so as not to breed like rabbits, before going on to add that rabbits would, from now on, be allowed the use of certain forms of artificial birth control.

MSNBC Vatican analyst Reese Moore reported that although the Church’s ban on humans using birth control has sadly not been overturned, that bunny contraception was a step in the right direction.

“This is certainly a step in the right direction,” Moore told EOTT this morning. “It appears to be an unprecedented statement that bunnies too may have a moral responsibility to limit the number of their offspring. When the Pope makes a statement saying that rabbits need not breed like rabbits, it appears as though the Pope is asking rabbits world-wide to look at Catholics as an example of responsible parenthood. I firmly believe that Pope Francis is testing the waters here for something truly groundbreaking.”

PopeWatch attempted to contact the Pope for comment, but received the below video instead from the Vatican:

Donald R. McClarey

Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 43 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.

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Stephen E Dalton

Saturday, August 15, AD 2015 7:40am

Warner Bros. now owns Lepus. Maybe they can edit Bugs, Elmer Fudd, and Pope Francis into it to make it even more entertaining1 And having Porky Pig say, “That’s all folks!” at the end would be the icing on the cake!

Magdalene

Saturday, August 15, AD 2015 11:59am

The pope went on to say that 3 baby bunnies is about the right number per family. And you can see why that would be so: that reproduces the mommy and daddy bunnies and leaves the third one for the fox! Therefore no increase in population or carbon footprint.

Barbara Gordon

Sunday, August 16, AD 2015 10:43pm

Can we get the pope to approve feral cats in my county using contraception?

Barbara Gordon

Sunday, August 16, AD 2015 10:48pm

We also have eat too many spiders, ants, armodillas, snakes, & opposums in my neck of the woods. Maybe through “pastor” care at our local parish, our priest could approve the use of contraception for them. 😉

Barbara Gordon

Sunday, August 16, AD 2015 10:49pm

Sorry. Meant to say “pastoral care.”

PopeWatch: Wascally Wabbits

Donald R. McClarey

The American Catholic is a Little Vatican Apostolate