Gender & Sexuality
Procreation
The sacred power and commandment to create mortal life; the first commandment to multiply and replenish the earth; bearing and welcoming children as a divine calling; reproductive technologies,…
What's at issue
The sacred power and commandment to create mortal life; the first commandment to multiply and replenish the earth; bearing and welcoming children as a divine calling; reproductive technologies, infertility, and adoption viewed within God's eternal plan for family.
Where it appears in the Proclamation
Reading
- Abortion: What God Teaches, and the Hard Cases
- Isn't Surrogacy Just Another Form of Adoption?
- Abortion: Understanding “My Body, My Choice”
- Before Bethlehem: What Jesus Christ’s Life in the Womb Teaches Us About the Sanctity of Life
- How Do We Know How Many Children to Have?
- If We Really Love Each Other, Why Wait Until Marriage?
- Is It Okay to Wait Until We Feel Financially Ready to Have Children?
- People of the Proclamation: Rachel’s Story
- The Finish Line Keeps Moving: Why Waiting for Career Security May Delay Marriage, Parenthood, and Happiness
- Why Does God Ask Me to Save Sex for Marriage?
- Why Does God Ask Us to Become Mothers and Fathers?
- Why Does God Say that Marriage is Between a Man and a Woman?