Ok, so we know that you should not have sex outside marriage according to the Pope(s), and no contraception is allowed, and under no circumstances should there be abortions ( not even for vitcims of rape who fall pregnant due to the crime - why is it that the Catholic Church is more interested in quantity of live than the quality of life for a child that may grow up with a resenting mother?).
All notions that the Catholic church still clings to in our times.
But surely the idea that even when married, sex is only for procreation, without it there is no need for sex and hence nor for marriage - sounds a bit medieval?
Well, not in Italy, or some parts of it apparently.
Italian bishop refuses wedding to impotent paraplegic
ROME (AFP) — An Italian bishop has told a young paraplegic he cannot have a church wedding because he is impotent, despite his fiancee being aware of the problem, media here reported.
Salvatore de Ciuco, spokesman for Bishop Lorenzo Chiarinelli of Viterbo in central Italy, told SkyTG24 television late Sunday: "No bishop, no priest can celebrate a wedding when he knows of admitted impotence as it is a motive for annulment" of the marriage.
The 26-year-old groom, who took part in a civil marriage ceremony Saturday in Viterbo, has been paraplegic since he was involved in a car accident. The curate of the parish who was banned from marrying the couple was present at the ceremony.
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hGUXgSnOGPqT7Tj6E24LGVeKx94Q
Remind me what the Catholic Curch is all about... like speading the good news, eg, the word of Jesus?
Words like "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. (...) And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love." (1 Corinthians 13:1-13)
Love is eternal - but apparently not in some parts of the Catholic church, where love seems more to be about dogma and legalistic bureaucracy ... and I say that as a Catholic myself.
Sad.
Perhaps the Catholic Church is well advised to read the bible themselves again once in awhile.
