A quote from Pope Francis:
“The key phrase to answer this question is the one that the Church has always used: responsible parenthood. How does one do this? Through dialogue. Every person, accompanied by their pastor, must find out how to achieve responsible parenthood. … Some believe that — excuse the expression — to be good Catholics we must be like rabbits. No. Responsible parenthood. This is clear, and for this reason in the Church here are matrimonial groups, experts in this. I know of many, many legitimate ways to achieve this.”
— Answer to journalist’s question aboard the papal flight from Manila, Philippines to Rome, Jan. 20, 2015
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