The
Catholic church says it opposes artificial family planning techniques,
because it encourages bastardisation of sexual activities by young
people and “impedes normal procreation.”
The Secretary-General of the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria, Rev.
Fr. Ralph Madu, made this clarification in a response to an enquiry by
The PUNCH on Sunday.
He said, “The Catholic Church believes that modern means, including
the use of condoms is morally bad because it impedes normal procreation.
You can meet with your wife when you do not want children and those
periods when the woman is not fertile instead of having to destroy the
sperm and all other forms of artificial prevention.
“They are very artificial means and they do not really give the moral lesson that borders around the use of the sexual organs.
“The one that gives you the opportunity to exercise your sexual urge
without the consequences is the natural method and the church says you
should go for the natural means.”
According to him, the excuse that it reduces the spread of HIV/AIDS
remains invalid and untenable, adding HIV/AIDS is a disease that is
prevalent among young people.
Madu added, “When you are talking about condom among young people,
you are also talking about promiscuity. People have adduced arguments in
case of people with HIV/AIDS and especially couples who do not want
children. The use of condom and other modern means are being bastardised
among young young people because they will resort to the use of condom
so that they can have sex freely without impregnating the woman or
getting pregnant.
“Those are various artificial means and the church is strongly
against them. Instead, the church endorsed the natural method of
copulation.”