This past Sunday, Pope Francis celebrated the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord by baptizing 33 babies in the Sistine Chapel, NBC News reports. During the mass, the Catholic leader encouraged the
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infants’ mothers to breastfeed their babies. “You mothers give your children milk and even now, if they cry because they are hungry, breastfeed them, don’t worry,” Pope Francis declared in his homily.According to Reuters, the written sermon used the Italian phrase for “give them milk,” but during his remarks, the Pope changed it to “allattateli,” which directly translates to “breastfeed them.” READ MORE
If the reports are correct, it is remarkable (and wonderful) to me that Pope Francis actually changed the text of his sermon from “give them milk” to “breastfeed them.”
For more information on ways you can have a healthy breastfeeding relationship with your little one, check out Then Comes Baby: The Catholic Guide to Surviving & Thriving in the First Three Years of Parenthood and Parenting with Grace: The Catholic Parents’ Guide to Raising (almost) Perfect Kids.