Church No Longer Condemns Pill?

by Letters Editor · August 29, 2016

From Damian McLeish, Johannesburg- The Church hierarchy in Rome has in recent years drastically ceased to condemn extra-marital cohabitation, and its logical consequence to prevent pregnancy, abortifacient birth control.

This lead has been followed by most churches worldwide, resulting in a dramatic increase by Catholics of the above practices, including increased abortifacient birth control, also by married Catholics.

This situation is an abdication by the Church of a crucial duty imposed on it by Almighty God which will result in the loss of immortal souls, something which will have to be accounted for on the day of judgment, as it involves the continued loss of infant human lives.

Rome should deal with it urgently, and with at least the same vigour as was evident in, for example, its recent propagation of the papal encyclical Laudato Si’.

The following is probably the most unequivocal statement ever issued against the pill: “The purpose of marriage is not to have pleasure and be idle, but to create and bring up children, to support a household. Those who have no love for children are swine, stock, and are unworthy of being called men or women, for they despise the blessings of God, the creator and author of marriage.”

This statement’s author? Martin Luther