Pope Says Breastfeeding Okay in the Sistine Chapel

Pope Francis told mothers to "feel free" to breastfeed their infants during a baptism ceremony in the Sistine Chapel on Sunday, Reuters reported. "You mothers give your children milk and even now, if they cry because they are hungry, breastfeed them, don't worry," he said, departing from his prepared text, Reuters said. Surrounded by Michelangelo's famous murals, the pontiff asked his listeners to think of poor mothers around the world "who can't give food to their children."

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