Is a shift in focus to the poor by the Roman Catholic Church a bad thing?

[richardhutnik]

badgenome said:

richardhutnik said:

By rhythm method, which ones did they support?  Show an article besides natural that the Catholic church supported, prior to the Black Death.  My understanding of the policy is that they want people to practice self control, and use sex out of love and to plan families, rather than out of carnal lust and to prevent the effects of sex.  If anyone wants to show otherwise, feel free to, but this article says otherwise:

http://www.catholic.com/tracts/contraception-and-sterilization

Do you really find it so hard to believe that the Catholic church, which was once extremely tolerant of prostitution to the point of promoting it as a less sinful alternative to the evils of masturbation, might have also had a change of heart vis-a-vis birth control? Birth control and prostitution would seem to go hand in hand, after all.

I would rather not pull information like this out of the air, not backed by anything but, "Gee that sounds right".  I am calling this comment on birth control, because evidence needs to be presented.  Best not to presume anything here.