I commend Pope Benedict XVI for his hard stand against artificial contraception which thwarts the natural generation of life. His position is meant to provide Catholics as well as non-Catholics with a moral compass for authentic freedom.

Freedom does not rest in one’s ability to do as one pleases. “Ye shall be as gods.” This promise is quite clearly behind modernity’s radical demand for freedom. Such anarchical freedom does not redeem, but makes man a miscarried creature, a pointless being.

Pope Paul VI rightly predicted, back in 1968, that failure to follow the dictates of Natural Law regarding contraception would lead to a lowering of moral standards, a rise in infidelity and promiscuity, a lessening of respect for women and government-enforced limitations on population.

Those who advocate condoms to stem the spread of the deadly virus HIV/AIDS are thus misguided as they only aggravate the problem. The only foolproof and morally legitimate solution to preventing AIDS is abstinence and marital fidelity.

Paul Kokoski

Hamilton, Ontario

Canada