{"id":5600,"date":"2006-01-10T00:16:33","date_gmt":"2006-01-10T00:16:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/the-bishop-speaks.html"},"modified":"2006-01-10T00:16:33","modified_gmt":"2006-01-10T00:16:33","slug":"the-bishop-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2006\/01\/the-bishop-speaks.html","title":{"rendered":"The bishop speaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop Olmstead of Phoenix on contraception:<\/a><\/p>\n

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Birth control is a grave wrong that is at the root of many of the problems afflicting American society, Catholic Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted said in a series of articles that reopened a contentious debate in the church and augmented his credentials as one of the most conservative bishops in the nation.<\/p>\n

Olmsted now is one of only three bishops in the country to require a full course of natural family planning for anyone who wants a church wedding, joining his counterparts in Denver and Fargo, N.D. Natural family planning is the only church-approved method of birth control. <\/p>\n

Phoenix previously has been one of only about 60 U.S. dioceses to require an introduction to the method, which relies on charting ovulation cycles and abstinence during a woman’s fertile periods.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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