Is NFP Evil?

About this sermon

Marriage, Children, and NFP: What the Church Really Teaches Support the channel by visiting: https://brianholdsworth.ca/help Is Natural Family Planning (NFP) really any different from contraception? In this video, I share my own journey into Catholic teaching on this question and walk through how the Church actually gives us the tools to evaluate difficult moral questions like this one. ⏱ Timestamps 0:00 – Introduction: Marriage, conversion, and contraception 1:51 – NFP vs. contraception: are they the same? 3:41 – The Church’s framework for moral judgement 5:31 – What is intrinsically evil? 7:19 – Casti Connubii & Humanae Vitae on conjugal love and continence 8:25 – What counts as “just reasons” to use NFP? 9:16 – Serious vs. selfish motives for avoiding pregnancy 10:14 – My family’s experience with 8 kids in 3 bedrooms 10:51 – Why we cannot judge other couples Music written and generously provided by Paul Jernberg. Find out more about his work as a composer here: http://pauljernberg.com Podcast Version: https://brianholdsworth.libsyn.com/