Most Catholics use birth control. Everyone knows that.
“Most Catholics use birth control. Everyone knows that”
...and most Catholics are going to Hell. Narrow is the path and few will find it.
“Most Catholics use birth control. Everyone knows that.”
Which would make them sinners, like everyone else on the planet.
The church puts forth what it believes is the better way of life for humanity. It doesn’t usually advocate “next best” alternatives.
However, to avoid tyranny (as happens sometimes throughout history), it stresses tolerance and forgiveness as much as the rule following.
In other words, given two extremes of lifestyles, say a saintly couple that keeps sex between themselves and within marriage and a pair like Bill and Hillary, would you say that each are morally equivalent, or is one way perhaps better, on a spiritual basis, than the other?
The church has picked one.