Pope: Catholics shouldn’t breed ‘like rabbits’

Pope Francis is upholding the Catholic Church’s ban on contraception, but said Catholics do not have to breed “like rabbits” and should instead practise “responsible parenting”.

Speaking to reporters en route home from the Philippines, Francis said there are plenty of Church-approved ways to regulate births.

However, the Pope said no outside institution should impose its views on regulating family size, blasting what he called the “ideological colonisation” of the developing world.