No offense Seeker Jen, but I will do my best to find the link, because I think its a bit more restrictive than you say.
I would be quite interested in reading the link. I’ve been a Catholic for 30 years now, have studied my faith extensively- especially as my husband and I have suffered through 4 years of infertility- and this is the very first time that I’ve ever heard of this. I’ll believe it if I see it from the Vatican.
I would surmise money, power, individuals place “pleasure” being more important than the life of the unborn/human embryo’s, politicians get big $$'s from the Pro-Abortion Industry, some people like to play God instead of listening to God, sin causes an uninformed conscience, lack of discussion on the topic from priests/bishops and ignorance to name a few reasons. I could go on and on.
I’m unpacking the roman candles as we speak.
Use of barrier methods (condoms, diaphragms, etc,) vs. use of methods that disrupt the uterine lining so that if an egg is fertilized, it cannot implant (the Pill, IUD, the patch, the ring, the morning-after pill).
marietta,
Thats fine, in the meantime give me backup of your claims from church sources.
From Donum Vitae, from the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith:Thats fine, in the meantime give me backup of your claims from church sources.
Thank you
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, formerly headed by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (currently our Pope Benedict XVI) did not consider sterility to be an impediment to normal sexual relations in a Catholic marriage.
Canon 1098 is important because if the infertile spouse knew this before the wedding and failed to disclose it, this is a problem. Whether or not it would result in a declaration of null sacrament would probably depend on the situation, but either way it is a breach of trust.
Here it looks like the persons are ALREADY married.
I know the answer to this is at Catholic.com. My computer is too slow to find it. You can also look in the Catholic Catechism.Thats fine, in the meantime give me backup of your claims from church sources.
Thank you
See post 91, quotes from Canon Law that clearly state that sterility is not an impediment to marriage.
Got it thanks!
And yet the Catholic Church prohibits the use of barrier methods. I see no reasoning in this. I have read all about the intent of the sexual participants, the so-called Marital Embrace, the openness to conception, etc., etc. It seems to me that the Church holds each and every reliable method of birth control in total contempt. It is my understanding that a good number of American Catholics disagree with this Church teaching, as well as Catholics from many other countries. And because condoms can reduce the number of cases of infectious diseases being spread through sexual activity, how is that a bad thing?
The spread of sexually transmitted diseases is not limited to single people, engaged people, or just casual pals engaging in sex. It does occur in marriages; yes, even in Catholic marriages.
Oh, yes, you are right. Diseases like that can happen, but aside from transfusion, rape, or infidelity, (or being born from a woman with it) or some other way- what do you think the normal and most common way is this comes about? And, where did it start? How?
As others may have already said…the problem of not being able to procreate is not the obstacle in and of itself. It would be a problem if misrepresentation either via a lie or a failure to inform the prospective spouse of this fact occurred.