VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Monday said future generations must not be overloaded with the cost of today’s pension systems, in apparent support for reform…
The 86-year-old leader of the Roman Catholic Church spoke in general terms, without referring to France, in a speech to leaders and staff of Italy’s welfare agency INPS at the Vatican.
France has been rocked by strikes and sometimes violent protests against a reform that President Emmanuel Macron has pushed through, bypassing parliament, which raises the retirement age by two years to 64. Francis, who last year said that choosing pets over kids is selfish, said an unnamed Italian man in his 60s had once told him: “Who will pay for my pension? It won’t be the little dogs that people have instead of children.”
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