Condoms and all other forms of artificial birth control are sinful, because they reject the fact that God created us to be creators in His image through procreation. They are also sinful because they are a form of rejection between the couple during an act that is supposed to be completely unifying (';I want your sex, but not your sperm.'; or ';I want your sex, but I don't want your ability to conceive a child.';)
Personal anecdote: Before my husband and I became Catholic, we went to a church that was okay with birth control. Because of my family medical history, I cannot use hormonal birth control -- it's an early death sentence. (Women die young from blood clots, liver failure, and heart disease caused by the pill or patch -- did you know that? The pill manufacturers acknowledge these side effects on the inserts in the packaging.)
That left us with barrier methods. I quickly developed a latex allergy, however, and let me tell you, you do NOT want to use a latex diaphragm when you are allergic to it.
Our solution was to use Natural Family Planning to figure out when I was ovulating and then only using a latex condom during my ovulation times, so that I didn't have to deal with the latex reaction all the time.
The first thing we learned is that NFP has come a long way. It's very scientific now. Each woman's body produces a unique set of signs of ovluation. Once you figure your own signs out, it's extremely easy to track your ovulation. I've never had a regular cycle in my life, but I was always able to tell my ovulatory phase based on the new scientifically developed NFP observation techniques.
The second thing we learned is that with NFP, a 12-pack of condoms lasted a whole year. In other words, married people having sex 2-3 times a week are only having sex once or maybe twice a month during the ovulatory phase. And after seeing me suffer with that stupid latex allergy, my husband loved me enough to say, ';I can give up sex once a month so that you don't have to go through that.'; So couples really don't ';need'; artificial birth control at all. They need to learn how the woman's body works and they need to practice a little self-restraint once or twice a month. It's not difficult.
The third thing we learned, which was only after we became Catholic, is that we should WANT to have babies.What is the Roman Catholic Churches teaching on the use of condoms amongst married couples?
The Catholic Church believes that God allows natural forms of birth control.
Judeo-Christian tradition has taught for thousands of years:
1. Single people should be celibate.
2. Married people should be faithful to each other (adultery is wrong).
3. Married couples should welcome God's gift of children and, therefore, artificial birth control (including condoms) is against the will of God.
Here is the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop's website on Natural Family Planning: http://www.usccb.org/prolife/issues/nfp/
With love in Christ.
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That's an article on natural family planning one of your answerers mentioned
No go! You will be stopping the natural order of things,if a baby is to be conceived through the beautiful act of love making. A baby is the result of the Beautiful act if God intends it.
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They are prohibited in all circumstances, married or not, because a condom blocks the natural process of life.
Condom use among married couples is not allowed.
God bless.
Apparently, 6.6 billion humans is still not enough.
If you have a medical reason for using them, it is permitted.
A Roman Catholic told me that the use of condoms was equal to the crime of rape.
Only if one of them has AIDS and the other does not. Well, that's what the African bishop says, but the pope disagrees.
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