Julian Simon and others have long argued that humans are the ultimate resource. Given our origins I think he’s right and history has proved as much.
That said, I don’t understand the Catholic prohibition on contraceptives. It’s not Biblical. Is it considered a revelation by God through a particular Pope?
Did you read the article?
Is it considered a revelation by God through a particular Pope?
It was the consistent teaching of all Christian Churches until the 1930s. The early Protestant Reformers believed contraception was worse than homosexual sodomy, precisely because it says (through action), "God got it wrong when He created human beings."
Homosexual activity is just gross, like screwing sheep, but contraception is a categorical rejection of God's design of man and woman.