I remember that comment, and I also remember going much further back than that that another RC commented that sex without the intent of pregnancy is the cause of the moral decline in this country.
I remember that discussion because someone brought up people who were infertile and those couples where they wife as past menopause, making them contributing to the moral decline in this country because they were engaging in sex knowing there was no chance for pro-creation.
Daniel said it right. Today’s Catholics are not going to come right and say that sex in marriage is evil. They are too sophisticated to do that. When I was a catholic, it wasn’t talked about much either. My parents still haven’t told me about the birds and the bees, and they are both deceased. I had to find out in the locker room of my Catholic school. It was like the elephant in the room. Everyone knew it was there, but no one wanted to talk about it. The implication that doing the “evil deed” was somehow less than ideal, was clearly there, or at least, that is the message that I got out of it. If someone thinks it is less than ideal, instead of the most beautiful gift God ever gave mankind, for use here on earth (notice I said for use here on earth) then I can imagine some might think it is bad, and others may not. I am sure each person has their own idea.
The idea is still around...