Mexican Bishop Suggests Condom Use Acceptable as “Lesser Evil”

LifeSiteNews carried a story Friday about Bishop Felipe Arizmendi who said at a news conference that condom use should be tolerated as a “lesser evil.” LifeSiteNews correctly notes that the Bishop's statement directly contradicts Humanae Vitae (No. 14) which states, in part:

"Neither is it valid to argue, as a justification for sexual intercourse which is deliberately contraceptive, that a lesser evil is to be preferred to a greater one..."

Pope Paul VI also continues:

Though it is true that sometimes it is lawful to tolerate a lesser moral evil in order to avoid a greater evil or in order to promote a greater good," it is never lawful, even for the gravest reasons, to do evil that good may come of it...

The Holy Father has recently reaffirmed the Church's position in condoms as noted in this article.

LifeSiteNews article here.