Nearly 50 per cent of Maltese accept and live by the Church’s teachings on responsible birth control but find it difficult to follow, according to a survey that forms part of a worldwide Vatican initiative.
Just over a quarter disagree with the Church on its natural family planning method that considers abstinence morally correct during a woman’s fertile period.
Nearly 20 per cent ignore the Church’s stand on birth control and act according to their conscience. The Sunday Times of Malta got a preview of the local study carried out last year at Pope Francis’s request to gauge opinion on the Church’s teachings on thorny moral issues ahead of October’s Bishop’s Synod.
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