Though I have absolutely no desire to rehash all of the arguments that inevitably arise about the Church’s position on condoms and the AIDS crisis in Africa, I thought this article makes some important distinctions that many of our readers would appreciate:
http://www.thetablet.co.uk/article/2284
Please restrict your comments to the interesting distinctions in Father Rhonheimer’s article.
Of related interest is this post over at America Magazine’s “In All Things”:
http://www.americamagazine.org/blog/entry.cfm?blog_id=2&id=27944603-3048-741E-6720211751000482
Again, it is interesting to talk about the dilemma raised by Mr. Ivereigh and to recommend possible solutions to it. It is dreary to spend all our time arguing about the Church’s view on contraception generally.
Brett Salkeld is a doctoral student in theology at Regis College in Toronto. He is a father of two (so far) and husband of one.
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