Card. Eijk: An effort to adapt to the planet of teaching the Church about sexual ethics does not work. The believers are leaving

– Our task present is to proclaim the Catholic religion fully, including its teaching on marital morality and sexual ethics, and to pass it on to younger generations – said Dutch Cardinal Willem J. Eijk in Krakow. According to Archbishop Utrecht, the disappearance of the concepts of man and female in modern culture will make the preaching of the Christian religion much more complicated in the coming years. The Primate of the Netherlands is simply a guest of the 3rd global legislature for matrimony and Family, which takes place on 13-15 November in Krakow.

Card. Eijk talked about changes in the perception of matrimony and parenthood and their consequences. He noted that the Roman Catholic Church is present practically the only institution in the planet to keep the classical concept of matrimony and classical values and norms in the field of sexuality.

Hierarch explained that the central point of teaching the Church in this field is that there is simply a close connection between marriage, sexual intercourse and procreation. – We only have sex after we've married. matrimony and sexual intercourse are about procreation – said the clergy. He pointed out that for many people in modern society this is completely incomprehensible, due to the fact that thanks to hormonal contraceptives that have been on the marketplace since the 1960s. In the 20th century, pregnancy can be avoided, and in turn artificial procreation is besides possible to have children outside of marriage.

– Since the introduction of hormonal contraceptives, separation of marriage, sexual intercourse and procreation has become a mass phenomenon – points out the primacy of the Netherlands. He added that secularization was besides a origin that influenced the separation of these realities in human life. – When the meaning of God for the regular life of human beings, human social relations, and the organization of society diminishes, matrimony will be seen little and little as an institution established by God. Then the values and norms of experiencing sexuality and procreation will besides fade away – explained Archbishop Utrecht.

Another origin that has profoundly changed the perception of matrimony and sexuality and the values and standards associated with them is the fast-growing prosperity that gives you the chance to organize your life independently of others. – Since the mid-1960s, this has led to an individualistic culture in which we live today. The individual puts himself on phase and sees others as spectators. He chooses his own doctrine of life and his own values and norms. He stands by his autonomy. He is his own “Pope” – said the cardinal.

The Primate of the Netherlands noted that extremist feminism, 1 of the demands of which is to enable women and children to choose what they want sexually, led to a extremist sex explanation which in turn assumes that gender, the social function of men and women, can be completely separated from biological sexuality. – This means the most extremist separation of marriage, sexual intercourse and procreation. According to sex theory, regardless of gender, everyone is free to choose their own sex identity depending on their own sexual orientation or individual preferences – explained the hierarch.

Card. Eijk pointed out that sex explanation hinders the Church from preaching his teachings on marital morality and sexual ethics. – Gender explanation obliterates the concepts of man and woman. The Church proclaims God, who appeared as the Father. Obstruction of the concepts of man and female will make the preaching of the Christian religion much more hard in the coming years – emphasizes the hierarch.

Archbishop of Utrecht, based on Dutch experience, stated that the effort to adapt the teaching of the Church in the field of sexual ethics to current social attitudes does not work – attendance in the church is relentlessly falling, presently only 2.5% of Dutch Catholics go to church on Sundays. – The Church must proceed to preach her teaching on marital morality and sexual ethics honestly and freely – emphasizes the primacy of the Netherlands.

The clergyman besides points to the first signs of the revival of the Church in the Netherlands. He noted that young people asking for full communion of the Catholic Church through baptism and/or confirmation tend to accept the full Catholic doctrine.

– The present culture of hyperindividualism and secularization will 1 day fall. If then the creative number of convinced Christians is ready, they will be able to guide the emergence of a fresh culture. Our task present is to proclaim the Catholic religion fully, including its teaching on marital morality and sexual ethics, and to pass it on to younger generations. In this way we can contribute to a fresh culture in which the fundamental relation between marriage, sexual intercourse and procreation is recognised and lived – finished the card. Willem J. Eijk.