Foolestroupe, the New York Times article summarizes a book-length interview. To get an understanding of what he said, you need to read at least a few pages on any given topic.

I don't believe you'll find condoms mentioned anywhere in official Catholic doctrine. You certainly won't hear them mentioned in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and only rarely from the pulpit. There has been mention made of condoms in the interpretation of doctrine, but that's on a far less binding level.

And considering that people are having children at an older age and some aren't having children at all, and some children die early, I would think it wouldn't be all that bad a thing for people to have freedom of choice to have two or three children, if that's what they wish.

Why do we have to live by absolutes? The current Conventional Wisdom is that unless another person is Absolutely Right from my perspective, I have no obligation to accord him or her any respect. I disagree - I find it better to listen to everyone, and extract the wisdom from what each person has to say.

-Joe Offer-