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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle
I thought I had read that condom use is a no-no, even if the intention is to prevent disease and not pregnancy. Any one have insight into this?
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Well, if you were both virgins when you got married and neither of you strayed, what diseases would you be preventing? I believe that's the logic. The only form of birth control allowed is the rhythm method. I suppose if you contracted something like hepatitis or HIV in some other manner and needed to protect your spouse from that, a priest would okay that. Or, if you had a medical condition that a pregnancy would exacerbate, birth control would be ok. But, I liked the way my first priest said it with "You need to pray and discern with God if you feel that you shouldn't bring a child into the world" (basically, it's between you and God)