Understanding the Church’s Teaching on Artificial Contraceptives  and its Effects on Filipino Sexuality

Melanio Leal; Dalmacito Cordero

doi:10.57106/scientia.v14i2.207

Authors

Melanio Leal San Beda University, Manila, Philippines https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2258-2545
Dalmacito Cordero De La Salle University, Manila, Philippines https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8062-1242

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.57106/scientia.v14i2.207

Keywords:

contraception, discipline, freedom, Humanae Vitae, morality, Philippine context, predictions, sexuality

Abstract

This article explores the Catholic Church’s essential teachings on artificial contraceptives with a focus on its effects on Filipino sexuality. It critically presents Humanae Vitae with its sociocultural background and basic tenets. The important issues on marital infidelity, general lowering of moral standards, and loss of respect for women are seen as successful predictions that shaped sexual morality in the Philippines. The article argues that the cultivation of virtues, which should start from the family and cascade to the community, must be strengthened to address various problems in relation to the decline of Filipino sexual morality.

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