You are focused on the wrong thing. You’re only looking at the mechanics of the method. Can you explain why the Catholic Church teaches what it does about sex, reproduction and family planning?
Not the words you’d expect to hear from the head of the Roman Catholic Church. But that’s what Pope Francis told a group of fellow Jesuits in Chile earlier this year, acknowledging the fierce pushback from arch-conservatives in the Vatican.
Celebrated by progressives around the world for his push to update and liberalize aspects of church doctrine, Francis is facing fierce blowback from traditionalists who take issue with his openness to Muslim migrants, his concern for the environment and his softer tone on divorce, cohabitation and homosexuality. Opposition has become so heated that some advisers are warning him to tread carefully to avoid a “schism” in the church.
While leftists here applaud the pope’s heresy, that’s not the reaction of many conservative Catholics. The Politico’s article details the push back he is getting, and its building.
My Priest growing up attended school in Rome it wasn’t uncommon for them to have angry shouting matches when it comes to theology and proper teaching of the church based on what school of theology they are studying.
Are you a fair judge of facts? Is it fair to interpret figurative language referring to the violence one receives because of a religious belief, to a personal struggle with homosexuality?