Do Catholic believers still follow the Church teaching on birth control?

Question

"n 1968, Pope Paul VI issued his landmark encyclical letter Humanae Vitae (Latin, "Human Life"), which reemphasized the Church’s constant teaching that it is always intrinsically wrong to use contraception to prevent new human beings from coming into existence.

Contraception is "any action which, either in anticipation of the conjugal act [sexual intercourse], or in its accomplishment, or in the development of its natural consequences, proposes, whether as an end or as a means, to render procreation impossible" (Humanae Vitae 14). This includes sterilization, condoms and other barrier methods, spermicides, coitus interruptus (withdrawal method), the Pill, and all other such methods. " Any Catholics: Do you still follow this teaching or not? If not, why not? What is wrong with it in your view?

Answer 1

Many do. Some don't. Catholics are sinners the same as anyone else. The Church does not ask married couples to have "as many babies as possible". Rather, it calls Christian couples to be responsible, to plan their families according to God's plan, to avoid methods which slam the door in God's face, telling Him in effect, "not your will but mine be done". The Church allows couples to space and postpone children for good and just reasons, by using Natural Family Planning, a method that is as effective as any artificial method, and does not pose health risks to the woman. NFP also strengthens the relationship between the couple, who are working together to cooperate with God's plan, instead of to prevent it.. The rate of divorce among NFP users is 3%.

For more info: http://www.ccli.org/

(Incidentally, this has nothing to do with the so-called "rhytym method", which no-one has used for at least 40 years.)

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Answer 2

"Where exactly in Bible verse and chapter does it say you have to make all these people "SAINTS" ? " The Catholic Church preceded the Bible, not the other way around. The first Pope was Peter the apostle and what Jesus taught him and his 11 buddies is what became that doctrine of the Catholic Church. (not all Catholics are "Roman Catholic" but I won't get into that, you can look it up). What Jesus taught that apostles was passed down as Tradition (with a capital "T"). About 300 years later the same (Catholic) Church that Jesus founded decided what would be included in the Bible. So to make a long story short, the Bible is not the basis of Catholic beliefs, it is rather more or less something akin to supplementary documentation that the Church put together themselves. Do you think that all of the teachings of Jesus made it into the Bible? It didn't. There are plenty of Catholic websites out there that explain the whole saints thing much better than I can. If you want to learn more about the teachings of Jesus Christ, then just visit a legitimate Catholic website that I am sure would help answer all your questions. As a Catholic I have never heard of having to pay money to having ones sins forgiven. That's just ridiculous. If it ever did happen (which I doubt) then it doesn't today. The whole idea is just plain bunk. In the past the Church sold indulgences, meaning that they could pay prior to "sinning", but that's a whole different issue. Your friend cannot get remarried in the Catholic Church because the Church does not recognize the divorce; in the Church's eyes she is still married, and with that said her children are not "Bаstards", especially if they were born in wedlock. If she wanted to get remarried in a Catholic church, then she could get an annulment. You should stop relying on heretical protestant anti-Catholic propaganda and get the real facts.

Answer 3

90% of practicing American Catholics do not follow this teaching. My husband and I are among those 90%.

I don't believe that it is the church's business to tell married people that they can't use birth control. The Catholic church is run by people who willingly chose to be celibate. They have no idea of the stresses of parenting, both emotional and financial.
These days, it just isn't realistic to have as many babies as possible, for the reasons I just stated, and also because the earth is getting overcrowded.
Also, the encyclical states that we are not to use anything that renders procreation impossible. All of the methods stated do not render procreation impossible, but make it very difficult. The Pill is 99% effective at preventing pregnancy. If it truly is God's will for me to have a baby, He can make me be one of the 1% of women who gets pregnant on the pill.

I don't think it's a bad thing or unchristian to not have children. After all, how many children did Jesus have?

Answer 4

I'm a protestant, and I don't like many of the doctrines of the Catholic Church. This one, however, I agree w/. Except for sterilization and condoms. But I still don't approve of adultary.

As for what is wrong w it:

1) Actions to end the life of an unborn child is murder, and it is evil!

2) Adultary is evil.

3) Sex outside marriage is wrong.

Answer 5

Yes. We follow this teaching.

I believe that artificial contraception places God outside the conjugal act between man and women. When you place ALL aspects of your life in Jesus Christ the couple focuses their family in relationship to God. To place their interest BEFORE God makes our human concerns BEFORE God.

I believe it violates the first commandment of having no other gods before me. Sex in western culture is treated as a source of god.

Answer 6

Do Catholic believers still follow the Church teaching on birth control?

Yep.


the Vatican allows only one system.

(Sing the song--""I got rhythm""...........and you will figure out what method that is! )

Answer 7

Some do, some don't

Answer 8

you must cause if you dont then well you will go to hell