When traditional teachings of the church on sexuality are being discussed it makes sense to treat the ages before and after reliable contraception differently, especially as the vast majority of the teachings were formulated before that point. So that has led me to look at the website for Durex. It is a bit surprising that they say and I quote "1960s - The world's first anatomically shaped condom is released by Durex". Makes you wonder what shape they were beforehand! Equally, the company itself was only founded in 1915 and lubricated condoms became available in the 1950s.

Just something to mull over, bearing in mind that the teachers of the cardinals and popes, as well as many of the more elderly clergy were raised well before that date.