Falling Fertility – Europe's Bane. Demographic Winter Report #19

 

Vatican Secretary of State Warns of Europe’s Low Birth Rate  — National Catholic Register, Sept. 26, 2024

https://www.ncregister.com/cna/vatican-secretary-of-state-warns-of-europe-s-low-birth-rates-demographic-winter#:~:text=Cardinal%20Pietro%20Parolin%2C%20the%20Vatican’s,%2Dlooking%20spirit%20of%20solidarity.%E2%80%9D

 

“Pope Francis in 2022 also described cratering fertility rates as a ‘social emergency’ arguing that while the crisis was not ‘immediately perceptible, like other problems that occupy the news,’ it is nevertheless ‘very urgent’ insofar as low birthrates ‘are impoverishing everyone’s future.’”

 

How will the fertility crisis change the world? – Deseret News, October 3, 2024

https://www.deseret.com/family/2024/10/03/fertility-crisis-birth-rate-social-security-national-debt/#:~:text=These%20record%2Dlow%20fertility%20rates,to%20support%20an%20aging%20society.

 

“Once you start thinking about these issues, it’s hard to think about anything else,” said Jesus Fernandez-Villaverde, director of the University of Pennsylvania Initiative for the study of markets. “We’re going to start losing a lot of population and it’s going to be very fast, much faster than anyone can think.”