You know, all this stuff about the Catholic Church opposing condoms and birth control pills, and how it causes AIDS and unwanted births...

Well, let me tell you that very little is said in Catholic churches in the United States about birth control of any sort. People more-or-less know it's prohibited. Generally, priests tell people about it only if asked; and then often say that this is the official teaching, but that people have to make the final judgment. So, the position on birth control is there, but it's not presented as a matter of primary importance. I don't know how it's presented in Catholic churches in other places, but the issue has been on the back burner for American Catholics since the 1970's. Catholic opposition to abortion is a strongly-presented position, but not birth control.

-Joe Offer-