I'm a Roman Catholic as well.The church has very strong views on some of these issues.I grew up in Nairobi (Kenya) where the church was infact very vocal against use of contraceptives during the mid 90s when the government was implementing programmes to minimize the rapid population growth rate.I don't always agree with stance taken by the heads of the church on some of these issues but at the end of the day,it's me and my God.