...XI, in his encyclical on Christian Marriage, stressed the "unnatural" character of contraception : "since therefore the conjugal act is destined primarily...in exercising it deliberately frustrate its natural effect and purpose, sin against nature and commit a deed which is shameful and intrinsically vicious."117...

...which encouraged "pernicious errors." Those who used artificial contraceptives, declared the Pope, "sin against nature and commit a deed which is shameful and intrinsically vicious." But in spite of the Pope's strong condemnation of "unnatural" birth control, he emphasized that "in...

...become conformable to nature and morally good. Since, therefore, the conjugal act is destined primarily for the begetting of children, those who in exercising...a deed which is shameful and intrinsically vicious . . . Any use whatsoever of matrimony exercised in such a way that the act is deliberately frustrated...

...forward by which anything intrinsically against nature may become conformable to nature and morally good. Since, therefore, the conjugal act is destined primarily...deed which is shameful and intrinsically vicious. Small wonder, therefore, if Holy Writ bears witness that the Divine Majesty regards with greatest detestation...

...forward by which anything intrinsically against nature may become conformable to nature and morally good. Since, therefore, the conjugal act is destined primarily...deed which is shameful and intrinsically vicious. : This same understanding of natural law appears again in Pius XII's Address to Midwivesm 1951: Nature...

...education, Pius XI introduces three obligations concerning sexuality and procreation. First, because "the conjugal act is destined primarily by nature for the begetting of children," couples may not "deliberately frustrate its natural power" through artificial birth control. However,...

...forward by which anything intrinsically against nature may become conformable to nature and morally good. Since, therefore, the conjugal act is destined primarily...commit a deed which is shameful and intrinsically vicious.31 This is not to say, he continues, that a married couple may not engage in sexual intercourse...

...Prior to Húmame Vitx Pope Pius XI (d. 1939), in his encyclical Casti Connubii (1930), declared: "Since the conjugal act is destined primarily by nature for...a deed which is shameful and intrinsically vicious — Any use whatsoever of matrimony exercised in such a way that the act is deliberately frustrated...

...sexuality, CC clearly sees intercourse as having two purposes, one of which is primary, the other secondary: "The conjugal act is destined primarily by nature for the begetting of children . . . [but] in the use of the matrimonial rights there are also secondary ends, such as mutual aid,...

...forward by which anything intrinsically against nature may become conformable to nature and morally good. Since, therefore, the conjugal act is destined primarily...deed which is shameful and intrinsically vicious. . . . Since, therefore, openly departing from the uninterrupted Christian tradition some recently have...