You will NOT believe this.

[Roald]

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/19/spain.condoms.ap/index.html

 

[Roald]

Of course, the article is taking things out of context, but this is a must read.

 

[Benedicta00]

I don't see how it can support the use of a condom to prevent aids and not at the same time support contraception and fornication?

I’m sure the Vatican will object to what has taken place in Spain.

 

[geocajun]

there is already another thread on it, and the article is taking something that was said to mean something it did not...

 

[Roald]

Where's the other thread?

 

[Truth and Reconciliation]

I just voted "no" on the poll. Guess how many people voted "yes"?

But then again, it's CNN...

 

[geocajun]

http://www.christianforums.com/t1184531-spains-catholic-church-and-condom-use-approval.html

 

[Markh]

I don't know what to say, even seeing the excuse on Catholic World News, it still angers me intensely. If "we" ever dropped the notion of contraceptives being morally wrong I would have serious doubts over Catholicism.

 

[plainswolf]

"In Portugal the Dogma of the Faith will always be preserved...etc." Our Lady of Fatima to sister Lucy in 1917





J.M.J.
plainswolf

 

[geocajun]

I'm sure we'll watch this die a slow death as the Holy See lays the smack down on the Spanish Conf. (in private of course).
However, this will, for years to come, be toughted by those who want to use contraceptives, as proof that its OK depending on ones circumstances (which of course, is not true).

 

[geocajun]

Update: I spoke with a Spanish priest in Rome who has followed this story closely and who claims that the Spanish Bishops Conference remains resolutely convinced that condom use is always sinful and did not concede anything to the contrary -- BUT (he claims) the position of the Conference is that, for persons determined to sin, use of a condom may be a lesser evil. I am unable to grasp the theology according to which God's will is that, if we are determined to expose ourselves to everlasting damnation, we should do so through the mortal sin that causes least bodily harm to ourselves and others.
http://www.cwnews.com/offtherecord/offtherecord.cfm?task=singledisplay&recnum=2427

I agree with the authors comment on the choosing the mortal sin of least resistence....