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Teachings on human sexuality by the Roman
Catholic Church, and the resulting conflicts

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In many faith groups -- particularly those in the conservative end of the religious spectrum -- the regulation of matters related to human sexuality appears to be a major concern. The Roman Catholic Church is one of these groups. Conflicts exist among the Catholic Church, other religious groups, and secular groups over matters related to female ordination, fertility procedures like in-vitro fertilization and artificial insemination, masturbation, sexual activity outside of marriage, contraception, abortion, sexual abuse of children and youth by priests and religious, cover ups of such sexual abuse, the use of condoms to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases, family planning, sex education in schools, same-gender sexual activity, transgender persons and transsexuals, sexual reassignment surgery, marriage, divorce, remarriage, erotic images, pornography, and probably a few others that have escaped our attention.

The following Catholic Church teachings are covered in this section:

	Abortion: Pagan & Christian beliefs 400 BCE -1980 CE Evolution of Roman Catholic positions on abortion: Overview Current Roman Catholic church teaching Instructions in bioethics: "Dignitas Personae, (2008) Exceptions to the Roman Catholic ban on abortion Cases where the Church policy may cause death
	Divorce The church's historical position on divorce About annulments
	Homosexuality Religious pressure on Canadian legislators by the Church Priests with a homosexual orientation
	Masturbation
	Ordination of women
	Transsexual, transgender, gender identity topics

Copyright © 2006 to 2010 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Originally posted: 2006-FEB-05
Latest update: 2010-MAY-25
Author: B.A. Robinson

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