Pope strongly defends Catholic teaching against contraception
Manila, Philippines • Pope Francis issued his strongest defense yet of church teaching opposing artificial contraception, using a Friday rally in Asia's largest Catholic nation to urge families to be "sanctuaries of respect for life."
Francis also denounced the corruption that has plagued the Philippines for decades and urged officials to instead work to end its "scandalous" poverty and social inequalities during his first full day in Manila, where he received a rock star's welcome at every turn.
"Be sanctuaries of respect for life, proclaiming the sacredness of every human life from conception to natural death," Francis exhorted the crowd. "What a gift this would be to society if every Christian family lived fully its noble vocation."
Francis also urged families to be on guard against what he called "ideological colonization," an apparent reference to gay marriage, which isn't legal in the Philippines. The church opposes gay marriage, holding that marriage is only between man and wife.
Sex is not the only reason for marriage and a relationship built only on sex will not last when our bodies are no longer deemed "attractive" for the sole purpose of sex. We must always work to master our passions, lest they become obsessions that take us away from the the true meaning and purpose of life.
Which is ... all together now class....God made me to know Him, to love Him, and to serve Him in this world, and to be happy with Him for ever in heaven.
See even we post Vat II brats know that. ;)