Such action opposes Canon Law # 1055 §1 whereas “The marriage covenant, by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of their whole life… and to the procreation and upbringing of children.”
The Catholic Church teaches that “the direct interruption of the generative process already begun, and, above all, directly willed and procured abortion, even if for therapeutic reasons, are absolutely excluded as licit means of regulating birth. Equally excluded, is direct sterilization, whether perpetual or temporary, whether of the man or the woman.” [Pope Paul VI, Encyclical Letter, Humanae vitae, n. 14. 1968.]
42. Vasectomy
This is the surgical procedure for male sterilization and/or permanent birth control. During the procedure, the vasa deferentia of a man are severed, and then tied/sealed in a manner such to prevent sperm from entering into the seminal stream. As mentioned under “Tubal Ligation” above, such is condemned by the Catholic Church.
43. Violence and/or torture against spouse
To many, the violence and torture of one’s spouse is known as “Domestic Violence. Such includes any kind of behavior that a person uses, or threatens to use, to control an intimate partner. The two key elements are threat and control. Domestic violence can take various forms.
On this subject, the Catholic Church teaches, “As pastors of the Catholic Church in the United States, we state as clearly and strongly as we can that violence against women, inside or outside the home, is never justified. Violence in any form” (physical, sexual, psychological, emotional, economic or verbal) “is sinful; often, it is a crime as well.” [United States Catholic Bishops, ‘When I Call for Help: A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence Against Women.’]
In “When I Call for Help: A Pastoral Response to Domestic Violence Against Women,” the Catholic bishops emphasize that “no person is expected to stay in an abusive marriage.”
No man, no matter his faith, has a right to abuse his wife, be it honour killing, by stoning, by torture and murder in any form. For God shall avenge the blood of the innocent that cries out to Heaven.
44. Vitro Fertilization In-Vitro Fertilization
Involves removing from a woman’s ovary a fertilizable ovum and placing it in a petri dish in which a few concentrated drops of sperm are added. Around the fourth day, the fertilized ovum is returned to the woman’s womb. Only a small percentage of fertilized ova result in a child being born. The other children are lost or killed.
Sometimes the ova that are put in the petri dish do not come from a man’s wife but from another woman, or the sperm fertilizing his wife’s ova comes from another man. Such action results in psychological and legal problems over and above a moral one.
The Catholic Church considers the practice of In-Vitro Fertilization to be a mortal sin. It is the degrading of the sacred human act where in the sexual act, the man and the woman become one flesh as a vehicle of love in the formation of a new life.
Your sexuality, intended for the Sacrament of Marriage, is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift to God!
Matrimony “constitutes the only ‘place’ worthy of the call to existence of a new human being.”
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