...have a child via artificial insemination since he would still be chaste? Or any priest for that matter? If he did, how do you think the church would respond?
2007-10-17 12:27:35 · 4 answers · asked by ☼ɣɐʃʃɜƾ ɰɐɽɨɲɜɽɨƾ♀ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Church condemns artificial insemination for anyone.
2007-10-17 12:41:47 · answer #1 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The catholic church teaches that artificial insemination is immoral, as it separates reproduction from the sex act, so the pope would not be allowed to have a child this way.
2007-10-17 19:32:56 · answer #2 · answered by in a handbasket 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Artificial insemination would violate their vow of chastity. Being chaste also means not having children.
Choosing chastity "for the kingdom of God" is not a way of gaining time and freedom for apostolic work: it is taking a direction that opens to the love of God with new possibilities. Paul defends this choice he himself had made.
"I think this is good (referring to celibacy) in these hard times in which we live. It is good for a man to remain as he is." - 1 Corinthians 7,26
"I would like you to be free from anxieties. He who is not married is concerned with the things of the Lord and how to please the Lord. While he who is married is taken up with the things of the world and how to please his wife, and he is divided in his interests." - 1 Corinthians 7,32-33
2007-10-17 19:31:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question. In the middle ages a pope or two had their way with women and sired a few children along the way.
Oh, but the pope is infallible. I keep forgetting that part.
2007-10-17 19:32:18 · answer #4 · answered by kwxilvr 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋