[jacquesm]

So, that was exactly my point wasn't it. If they are going to do it anyway then make sure they do it in the best way possible, which is to use a condom. But the Catholic viewpoint as made public by the holy see on down is that you should not be using condoms, period. Whether or not that is pre- or extra- marital does not enter in to the question.

My take on that is because this is simply a way to offset the ratio of Catholics : non-Catholics, if you forbid the Catholics to use condoms then in the long term there will be more of them. I'm not sure how that tallies with being 'pro life', because if you really were 'pro life' then those lives at risk from infection would count just as much or more as those lives not yet conceived.