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According to the Pope (paragraph 8-9), marriage is the exclusive union of man and woman. They are to perfect each other, while cooperating with God in the procreation and raising of children. Furthermore, the couple's love for each other is above human emotion; it is of sense and spirit. It is a personal friendship in which neither person cares not of what material things the other has. They shall remain together until death, no exceptions. He also includes that "children are the supreme gift of marriage", and later insinuates that marriage must result in the bearing of new life. The extremes in these statements raise problems however, as they condemn people who are incapable of reproducing, couples who simply do not intend of having children, etc.

I find that the Pope is a bit contradicting in his view on what married love is. If two people love each other beyond human emotions, are the best of friends, compliment each other to perfection, don't allow material things affect their love for one another, and remain together until the end, shouldn't that be enough to be considered the ideal marital love? It seems as though the Pope wouldn't acknowledge a couple as being married if they were to not bear children, in saying that "children are the supreme gift of marriage." If it isn't biologically possible to bear children, why can't this last "criterion" be overlooked?

I conducted a Google search and I found a link to the answer of my question (http://www.ewtn.com/library/PROLIFE/ZINFERTL.HTM). At the time Human Vitae was written (1968), the only methods in which procreation could be done by infertile individuals were artificial, thus not agreeing with the Pope's views. However, the article, dated July 16, 2004, states that new research being done at the Pope Paul VI Institute has developed methods that are consistent with the views depicted in Human Vitae. These methods have been given the name NaProTechnology (Natural Procreation Technology). Dr. Thomas W. Hilger is the founder of these methods. NaPro monitors and maintains a woman's reproductive and gynecological health, and it provides medical & surgical treatments that cooperate completely with their reproductive system. I guess with this being said, the Pope would want an infertile couple to take this step.

There are people who just don't want to have kids. I don't believe the Pope accounted for those people in his document, so I'm assuming he would view this as "not accepting the gift of children". Yet and still, I believe a couple could hold true to all the previously mentioned statements of the Pope regarding marital love without having to bear and raise new life.