Catholic Church In Nigeria Says No Condoms!

                           

The Catholic Church in Nigeria on Monday spoke out and re-iterated its stand against the use of condoms and contraceptives for family planning and maternal mortality reduction in the country.

This statement was made in Abuja by someone who should know; The Catholic Bishop of Auchi, Most Rev. Gabriel Dunia at a press conference on maternal mortality organised by the Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria.

He maintained the unshakable stand of the Catholic Church, stating that the position of the church was unambiguously against the use of artificial methods, and that government and stakeholders should stop deviating from the main issues and focus more on educating Nigerians on adopting natural family planning methods.

Natural family planning methods are good ideas, but difficult to implement practically, 'cos when Nigerians get into 'Child Bearing' mode, we really let rip!

In any case, It's comforting to know that the Bishop didn't say the church was against family planning itself, just the methods.

OK. . .

According to the cleric, Nigerians love children as precious gifts from God, the same way women should be encouraged to bear children whenever they wish to.

But then, if women are allowed to express their 'child bearing talents', wouldn't this negate the whole point of family planning?

. . . Just thinking out loud. . .

Well, he goes on to say, "The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria and the catholic faithful strongly oppose the diversion of attention and resources away from the main causes of maternal mortality to the purchase and distribution of contraceptives. Rather, we propose adequate investments in the area of education, primary healthcare and the mainstreaming of natural family planning education and services to enable Nigerians realise their fertility or child spacing intentions."

If you're still wondering what Natural Family Planning Methods (NFP) are, Wikipedia explains it thus:

Periodic abstinence is the only method deemed moral by the Church for avoiding pregnancy. When used to avoid pregnancy, NFP limits sexual intercourse to naturally infertile periods; portions of the menstrual cycle, during pregnancy, and after menopause. Various methods may be used to identify whether a woman is likely to be fertile; this information may be used in attempts to either avoid or achieve pregnancy.

Are Nigerians that patient: Can we really 'wait' for a woman's body to tell us when to have sex?

Seems like a whole lot of ceremony just to have sex, I mean, the condom thing took long enough, but this?

I dunno. . . I really dunno.