08-04-2006, 04:09 AM
<b>Church asks faithful to multiply</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> <b>The Syro-Malabar Catholic communityâs growth rate from 2001 to 2030 is likely to end up at minus 4.9 per cent whereas Hindus will grow at 11.2 per cent, Muslims at 45.9 per cent and Christians, in general, at 0.2 per cent in Kerala, according to Zachariah.</b>
The church fears that this phenomenon is already seen in the average 1.7 children per Syro-Malabar Catholic family. The cardinal reminds the congregation that the community would face a situation similar to that in European countries, where half the population will comprise the old, who cannot work, by 2050.
Read against the background of the Catholic churchâs pro-life stance, as opposed to the use of contraceptives and abortion, the pastoral letter is a call to beget as many children as possible by married couples who have the resources.
<b>Sex is not merely an instrument of pleasure but integral to procreation, which the church reckons as participating in the holy act of creation</b>
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The church fears that this phenomenon is already seen in the average 1.7 children per Syro-Malabar Catholic family. The cardinal reminds the congregation that the community would face a situation similar to that in European countries, where half the population will comprise the old, who cannot work, by 2050.
Read against the background of the Catholic churchâs pro-life stance, as opposed to the use of contraceptives and abortion, the pastoral letter is a call to beget as many children as possible by married couples who have the resources.
<b>Sex is not merely an instrument of pleasure but integral to procreation, which the church reckons as participating in the holy act of creation</b>
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