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radical noodle

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58. The church may have forbade it

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 10:43 AM

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but many local priests told women to do what they needed to do for their families. My sister-in-law had three kids each 11 months apart (while she worked and supported her husband... not a Catholic... while he was in college). When she talked to her priest about birth control, he told her to do what she felt was right. That was way back in the 60s. She took the pill and never had another child.

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BREAKING: The U.S. bishops' Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching... [View all] demmiblue Yesterday OP

Great, I love it. Now let's talk about women in the/your church. efhmc 23 hrs ago #1

yeah, ok. can we focus for just a minute on what the Catholic Church is in the present getting right? MadameButterfly 19 hrs ago #33

My bet is that they will never address this issue because they firmly believe we are less than men. Unless we are needed efhmc 14 hrs ago #47

LEt's talk about how Southern Baptists azureblue 4 hrs ago #56

Let's stay on topic! Grins 18 hrs ago #40

Can we avoid getting diverted from the topic at hand? summer_in_TX 13 hrs ago #48

Let's talk about women in the oval office first. ck4829 6 hrs ago #55

This is crazy obamanut2012 23 hrs ago #2

It's such an unfamiliar feeling. I'm really impressed with them. Scrivener7 23 hrs ago #5

Pope Leo is a good guy MustLoveBeagles 21 hrs ago #10

For a Bears fan! BidenRocks 1 hr ago #59

We're catholic too - just not with a capital C TommyT139 21 hrs ago #25

The Pope is basing his tenet on azureblue 4 hrs ago #57

They'll still vote for Trump who is evil personified. Irish_Dem 23 hrs ago #3

I know a lot of Catholics who vote D FakeNoose 22 hrs ago #7

All the Catholics I know are staunch dyed in the wool MAGAs. Irish_Dem 21 hrs ago #20

Joe Biden is Catholic Bristlecone 19 hrs ago #37

Unfortunately I do not run in the same circles as Joe Biden and his pals. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #39

So is Martin Sheen xmas74 17 hrs ago #45

You need to get out more. Grins 18 hrs ago #41

There were a lot of Catholics where I used to live. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #43

My family is full of Democratic Catholics Sympthsical 8 hrs ago #50

I feel you............... Lovie777 7 hrs ago #52

That is also my experience mountain grammy 6 hrs ago #53

I recall some surveys I saw years ago . . . AverageOldGuy 21 hrs ago #21

The church may have forbade it radical noodle 3 hrs ago #58

I hope by "they" you're not speaking of Catholics whathehell 20 hrs ago #29

Poll from 3 years ago Wiz Imp 1 hr ago #61

Not that I give a shit but Shady is malaise 23 hrs ago #4

Maybe that's the Couch Botherer's long game? VTderry 22 hrs ago #9

Love it malaise 21 hrs ago #16

Lol. But then again, B.See 19 hrs ago #35

American Catholics are not a monolithic group, whathehell 20 hrs ago #30

PRECISELY B.See 19 hrs ago #36

Let's not put this on Catholics MadameButterfly 19 hrs ago #34

Good to see the U.S. Bishops start to wake up. themaguffin 22 hrs ago #6

Some claim this is a Christian Nation. multigraincracker 22 hrs ago #8

Sane Christians still believe in the separation of Church and State TommyT139 21 hrs ago #26

Most of the signers of the Constitution multigraincracker 17 hrs ago #42

Let's not..Up until relatively recently whathehell 20 hrs ago #31

This of course must be explained to the sociopath in Chief. Passages 21 hrs ago #11

Accomplices to crime. Six "Catholicks" of note usonian 21 hrs ago #12

Two "Catholicks" of Greater note.. whathehell 19 hrs ago #38

Are the prediction markets taking any line on a Trump War with the Vatican? rurallib 21 hrs ago #13

JD seems to have bought in to the Nativist/Klanner Warpy 21 hrs ago #14

Good. I wish they had been a defender of Pope Francis Raven123 21 hrs ago #15

It's not just Trump's attack on the Pope AverageOldGuy 21 hrs ago #17

ICE arrests in churches TommyT139 20 hrs ago #27

I might not be a believer anymore LostOne4Ever 21 hrs ago #18

Trump doesn't engage in the concept of "just war". patphil 21 hrs ago #19

Well, trump is bigger than Jesus. C Moon 21 hrs ago #22

No, that was the Beatles... nt Another Jackalope 20 hrs ago #32

Excommunicate Jethro!! paleotn 21 hrs ago #23

Thank you, Bishops. spanone 21 hrs ago #24

Direct link to statement TommyT139 20 hrs ago #28

Journalist Mike Barnicle had an interesting thought today during his time... 3catwoman3 17 hrs ago #44

There might be some truth to that. Haggard Celine 11 hrs ago #49

Excommunicate the apostate! nt Xipe Totec 14 hrs ago #46

I did not have "pick a fight with Catholics" on my bingo card Sympthsical 8 hrs ago #51

K&R ck4829 6 hrs ago #54

The Pope is a theologian - has been his whole life WyLoochka 1 hr ago #60