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Pope Francis upholds Catholic ban on contraception

Pope Francis has sent a message to a Natural Family Planning conference in which he upholds the central teachings of Humanae Vitae: the prohibition of artificial contraception in marriage. The pope restated the unitive and procreative aspects of sexual intercourse as “inseparable” and called for a counter-sexual revolution, warning Catholics that the widespread use of contraception has impoverished many societies to the point that some are in danger of demographic collapse. [1]