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Social acceptance of contraception leads Catholics to disregard Church teaching, says U.S. bishop...

"The encyclical of Pope Paul VI on birth control is true and must be followed by mankind. There shall be no rationalization of sin.” - Our Lady of the Roses, October 2, 1976

LifeSiteNews reported on May 5, 2006:

The social acceptance of contraception and abortion has influenced Catholics to abandon the teaching of the Church, said Oregon Bishop Robert Vasa in an article published by the Catholic Sentinel today. Rejecting the Church’s teaching on contraception has a profound impact on our ability to love God, he emphasized, saying, “The truth is that it is simply not possible to say on one hand, ‘I do love the Lord with my whole heart, mind and soul’ and at the same time to say, ‘My decisions about how to deal with the most marvellous God-given gift of fertility has nothing to do with God.’” “[T]hese sex-related sins have achieved a high degree of societal acceptability. This societal acceptability has given the impression to Catholics that God really has nothing of value to say about these life issues. Bishop Vasa spoke out against Catholic leadership for failing to teach clearly the essential importance of obedience to the Church’s teaching on contraception. “The one question which stands…as a condemnation to all teachers and preachers within the Church is simply, ‘Why haven’t we been told this clearly and consistently?’” “The answer is as difficult as the question. I suspect that if we took some liberties with the Scripture we could envision Jesus saying: ‘You cannot love God and contraception at the same time. You will either love one and hate the other or be committed to one and despise the other.”’ “If God is really saying, “If you love Me then abide by my commandments including My Church’s teaching about the sinfulness of contraception’ then many in the Church are face with the same conflict…We cannot separate the concrete realities of our lives from the love of God.” He ends by saying it is not possible for Catholics to avoid the clear choice presented by the Church if they wish to remain faithful to Christ, saying: “It is not an easy thing to present this very personal and emotional subject in such direct black and white terminology but the truth is that Jesus and His Church either include contraception in the list of prohibited practices or they do not. There may be huge numbers of Catholics who reject this teaching but I do not know of any who deny that it is what the Church clearly and consistently teaches.” Read the complete article: http://www.sentinel.org/articles/2006-18/14661.html

"We warned you over and over again, through years of visitations upon earth—My Mother going to and fro to warn you, that those who have given themselves over to debasement, by the practice of homosexuality, birth control, abortion and all other aberrations that bring sorrow to My Mother's heart—this must be stopped now. There shall be no excuse accepted in Heaven by the saints, nor by My Mother and I, or the Eternal Father and the Holy Ghost, for what you are doing upon earth now. " - Jesus, June 6, 1987