Catholic Church Embraces New Age Woo-Wooism

[Aaron]

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VATICAN CITY (AFP) - The contraceptive pill is polluting the environment and is in part responsible for male infertility, a report in the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano said Saturday.

The pill "has for some years had devastating effects on the environment by releasing tonnes of hormones into nature" through female urine, said Pedro Jose Maria Simon Castellvi, president of the International Federation of Catholic Medical Associations, in the report.

"We have sufficient evidence to state that a non-negligible cause of male infertility in the West is the environmental pollution caused by the pill," he said, without elaborating further.

"We are faced with a clear anti-environmental effect which demands more explanation on the part of the manufacturers," added Castellvi.

The article was promptly dismissed by several organisations.

"Once metabolised, the hormones contained in oral contraceptives no longer have any of the characteristic effects of feminine hormones," said Gianbenedetto Melis, vice-president of a contraceptive research association, quoted by the ANSA news agency.

The hormones contained in the pill such as oestrogen "are present everywhere... in plastic, in disinfectants, in meat that we eat," added Flavia Franconi, of the Society of Italian Pharmacology.

Pope Benedict XVI in October reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's condemnation of artificial birth control.

Contraception "means negating the intimate truth of conjugal love, with which the divine gift (of life) is communicated," the leader of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics wrote on the 40th anniversary of a papal encyclical on the topic.

An encyclical is a letter usually treating some aspect of Catholic doctrine and issued occasionally by the pope.

The landmark document, whose title in English is "On the Regulation of Birth", was published at a time when the development of the Pill was giving new sexual freedom to women across the world.

Millions of Catholics distanced themselves from Rome as a result.

Ok, most news out of the Vatican is "rain is wet" sort of stuff but this is just weird.

[Teaos]

So because girls piss out the pill I'm infertile? Sure...

[Lt. Staplic]

Teaos, I'm not even going to guess the reason your infertil...

But that news report is just messed up. and I am Roman Catholic.

[Sionnach Glic]

Breaking News: Vatican saying stupid shit again. Film at 11.

[Aaron]

Breaking News: Vatican saying stupid s**t again. Film at 11.

Yeah but this is a little strange even for them.

[stitch626]

I think they are just desperate to keep to tradition, as in against birth control.

[Tsukiyumi]

I think they are just desperate to keep to tradition, as in against birth control.

Right. Birth control is evil because we're so underpopulated...

[Aaron]

I think they are just desperate to keep to tradition, as in against birth control.

Right. Birth control is evil because there anre not enough Catholics in the West, where all the cash is.

Fixed that for ya.

[Lt. Staplic]

and since their first stance against BC got them so much closer to the Western Catholics, I'm sure round two will be teh KO punch.

[Mark]

I'm just curious. Is there ANYTHING that the Catholic church doesn't have an opinion about?

[Lt. Staplic]

Star Trek.

[Mark]

No, I know a Christian minister though that feels Star Trek is of the Devil.

[Tsukiyumi]

No, I know a Christian minister though that feels Star Trek is of the Devil.

" Pornography is of the Devil. Star Trek is of the Devil. Nintendo Wii is of the Devil. Alcohol is of the Devil... Is there anything Jesus endorses that I like?"

" ...He has no problem with socks..."

" Well, I do like socks..."

[colmquinn]

No, I know a Christian minister though that feels Star Trek is of the Devil.

He must hate STV, Kirk questioned god and Spock shot him, setting a dangerous precedent it seems of people thinking for themselves

[Teaos]

ST taught us all that apparently god needs a spaceship.