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==The Family== | ==The Family== | ||
==Abortion and Birth control== | ==Abortion and Birth control== | ||
The Caphiric Church, as part of the global [[Catholic Church]], teaches that abortion is a "moral evil" and that contraception is an "intrinsic evil". During the schismatic period when the Imperial Church functioned independently, views on both topics were mixed and the Imperial Church had no definitive teaching either matter. The prevailing view represented something of a coalition between "moralists" - those who viewed both practices as morally wrong - and the "nationalists", who believed that suppression of birth rates made Caphiria weaker, an act that itself was morally wrong. While these two groups never managed to create official Church teaching prohibiting the practices, they nonetheless succeeded in preventing the Church of approving of them on several occasions. | |||
Though the Caphiric Church teaches and professes the position of the global Church on these issues, Church leadership has made a pastoral decision to deemphasize these teachings in order to remain relevant within Caphirian society. | |||
=Oecumene= | =Oecumene= | ||
==Missionary work== | ==Missionary work== | ||