The Vatican doesn't take the faithful seriously

The Vatican and the Pope have once again criticised the 'destructive' impact of the Pill and homosexuality. These statements are more than questionable, writes the daily Trouw, but adds that at least it's positive that the Catholic Church calls on people to take love seriously and protect it against "sex as a consumer good": "After all love is about opening oneself up to [the creation of] new life. This is not possible in homosexual relations and this is why in the opinion of the Pope they contravene the 'truth of marriage as the sacrament of creation'. And because of new life one naturally can't approve of the Pill. All very logical, it would appear. But I ask myself whether the Pope and the Vatican are really taking the faithful seriously in this point. The faithful will certainly agree wholeheartedly with the Pope that in essence it's all about love. But the difference is that people find it easy to combine love with taking the Pill, and that love is equally compatible with homosexual relationships."

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