Cool Pope (real name) just came back from visiting the largest Catholic nation in Asia and he's got some thoughts he needs to let out, namely the fact that maybe catholics have a "moral responsibility" not to have as many kids as they're having. Of course Cool Pope doesn't say that Catholics should use contraception, but according to USA Today he says there are lots of ways that his flock can practice "responsible parenting" that doesn't involve the outside world invading their families nor produces so many children that parents have a hard time taking care of them.
From USA Today:
His comments on the subject of birth control, made aboard the papal jet returning to Rome from the Philippines, were described as apparently unprecedented by the National Catholic Reporter, an independent news organization that follows the Vatican.
Francis said there are plenty of church-approved ways to regulate births. He also said no outside institution should impose its views on regulating family size, blasting what he called "ideological colonization" of the developing world.
African bishops have long complained that Western ideas about birth control and gay rights are being imposed on the developing world by groups, institutions or nations, often as a condition for development aid.
"Every people deserves to conserve its identity without being ideologically colonized," Francis said......
(Isn't that a switch! And not being trumpeted worldwide as a major change of RC "teaching"? Half of Humanae Vitae, shot to pieces in one seemingly casual utterance from a plane. Needless to say I like it, and suspect the good folks at VHEMT will too. "A blind hog will find an acorn every now and then...." NN)
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