Posted on 09/19/2014 6:37:35 PM PDT by marshmallow
Cardinal Walter Kasper, a close influence on Pope Francis, says it is up to parents to decide how many children to have ahead of global gathering of Roman Catholic bishops to discuss the family
A leading reformist Cardinal close to Pope Francis has hinted at the possibility of a reinterpretation of the Roman Catholic Church’s blanket ban on artificial contraception.
Cardinal Walter Kasper said it was “the responsibility of the parents” to decide how many children they should have.
He also said that so-called natural family planning, which is promoted by the Church as an alternative to contraception, also has an “artificial” element.
His comments in an interview with The Tablet, the Catholic weekly, are likely to reopen debate about one of the most contentious areas of Catholic teaching just weeks before a special global gathering of bishops in Rome to discuss the Church’s position on family matters.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Or is it the other way around?
Humanae Vitae.
I don't really know much Latin; copied it from wiki.
I wish people would read this easy-to-read and understand prophetic document. Pope Paul's argument is based entirely on the natural law, so it's accessible to anyone.
Ya gotta watch anything coming from the Tablet. The guy who took over a number of years ago is not an orthodox Catholic.
The Pope is promoting interfaith soccer that includes Muzzies, Hindus, Buddhist, et al.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3197983/posts
and marrying people who have been married before and couples who have been living together “in sin.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3203981/posts
Now he is on the way to rolling back another tenant of Catholic life. Is there anything he won’t do to make Catholicism more relevant and worldly?
Place you bets on what else he’ll be undoing.
How do you Catholics feel about these changes?
Well I can think of one Cardinal that needs a kick to the curb.
Humanae Vitae: http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/paul_vi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae_en.html
Pope Francis calls for big changes in Roman Catholic Church
http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/26/world/pope-church-reforms/
Pope’s Marriage Celebrations Hint at Coming Changes for Church
http://time.com/3378702/pope-francis-catholic-church-marriage/
First Gay Bishop Gene Robinson Asks Pope Francis to Change Catholic Doctrine Branding Homosexuality a Disorder
http://www.christianpost.com/news/first-gay-bishop-gene-robinson-asks-pope-francis-to-change-catholic-doctrine-branding-homosexuality-a-disorder-116258/
Will the Catholic Church change its stand on marriage and divorce?
http://www.religionnews.com/2014/09/17/will-catholic-church-change-stand-marriage-divorce/
This Pope looks to be the Obama of Catholicism!
No way!
There is no doubt in my mind that contraception conveys the idea that humans determine the beginnings (and endings) of life. It is an arrogation of divinity and that is not able to be handled by humans.
Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit, so to use self-control is to choose a different good as opposed to an artificial acknowledgement that self-control is not possible, which is what contraception also is.
It’s always been up to parents to pace themselves, through usage of times of abstinence, on the spacing of their children, so that they can take reasonable care of them.
My grandmother, born in the 1800s, used to tell a joke about Catholic birth control being “sulfa-denial” or “abistentium” or something like that. (I guess this would be the reason she had 8 kids instead of 12).
The difference here is that with chemical birth control you are taking God’s providence out of the equation.
I like Catholic teaching the way it is. It’s all natural, no hormones, and when a woman says “not now”, it commands (or should command) respect.
DITTO!
Stand fast PG County brother!
The Church will hold fast.
NOT A CHANCE..... and natural family planning and has no concept of artificiality at all...have sexual relations pretty much all the time, just restrain during the few days that are highly likely to result in conception....that requires true love and a little less lust.
There is only one sentence in Humanae Vitae that needs to be read by all of Christendom.
Our Lady’s comments about cardinals opposing cardinals has frequently come to mind lately. I saw a clip on ChurchMilitant.tv yesterday where the late Fr. John Hardon commented that the reason God called Judas to be an apostle was to prepare us for apostate bishops! I thought that was very insightful. If one of the original apostles could betray Our Lord, we should not be surprised that some of their successors would, too. And perhaps even the successor of Peter will betray him, too.
For those of you who don’t know “the Tablet” is marginally catholic at best, they are VERY left wing. I know of priests who refuse to carry it in their churches.
The REAL Catholic paper in the UK is “The Catholic Herald.”
So the newpaper article is relying on a left-wing very discredited rag as its source.
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