You are so right, love and responsibility are inextricably linked. That is why sexual intercourse which has as its end the one-flesh union and procreation, can never be sanctioned outside of marriage. I assume the commentor is Catholic, thus it must be directed to some occassion within marriage which would be only the most rare of cases? In any case, condoms disrupt procreation and subsequently deform for the one-flesh marital union. Misplaced sentimentality is no excuse for leading others into errors that can damage people, and it is no replacement for the truth.

That is why so many, Catholic as they may feel and be, are deeply convinced that using condoms is the best possible way of practising this utter responsibility.

Being Catholic is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of faith. Faith begins with trust, it is aided by reason and is supernaturally infused when one is receptive to and trusting in God and what He has revealed. Being Catholic in faith means accepting Jesus’ revealed Truth as taught by His Church’s Magisterium; anything else is pure protestantism.

It is indeed very sad that Rome has not yet long ago acknowledged this and upgraded its teachings. Hence it has lost much influence where it could have had much more meaningful contributions to mankind, hence to the glory of God.

Truth is not a commerical commodity which has the capacity to be “upgraded.” The mere idea that it might be is, in fact, retrograde. The mission of the Church is to spread the gospel–the FULL gospel. Deforming the truth so as to be more socially acceptable and hence provide “much more meaningful contributions to mankind” is not Her mission.

I recommend this commentor read through the Gospels again. The Church is a sign of contradiction to the “wisdom” of the world. Succumbing to the culture of death as a “teaching upgrade” is anything but counter-cultural.