Expert: George A. Card,sfo, M.I - 3/9/2006

Question
hello, George

I was told that you could answer any questions that came your way. OK then, answer these: what is the church's teaching on birth control? and, what is social sin? I will talk to you again soon.

Answer
                        Peace


dear Dean,
 Who told you I could answer any questions that came my way? Well, they are kinda correct. Can I answer any question that comes my way? Yes and No. I can always answer but I can't always give the right answer. I am really bad at math.

The Church teaches that all forms of artificial birth control are moral wrong. A married couple needs to open to life whenever they engage in the "marital act".

Below are some links to papal and other magisterium sources that I generally use to share on such questions.

http://www.ewtn.com/library/ENCYC/P6HUMANA.HTM
http://www.newadvent.org/library/docs_pi12sl.htm

heres a quote from Vatican 2

Hence when there is question of harmonizing conjugal love with the responsible transmission of life, the moral aspects of any procedure does not depend solely on sincere intentions or on an evaluation of motives, but must be determined by objective standards. These, based on the nature of the human person and his acts, preserve the full sense of mutual self-giving and human procreation in the context of true love. Such a goal cannot be achieved unless the virtue of conjugal chastity is sincerely practiced. Relying on these principles, sons of the Church may not undertake methods of birth control which are found blameworthy by the teaching authority of the Church in its unfolding of the divine law.

Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World
Second Vatican Council
Promulgated by His Holiness Pope Paul VI
December 7, 1965

hmmm... please write me again in few days, about your social sin question. I have an article i wrote on a cd and I will share from it. The cd is at my mother's.

                         your servant in christ
                                 george