Married love, therefore, requires of husband and wife the full awareness of their obligations in the matter of responsible parenthood, which today, rightly enough, is much insisted upon, but which at the same time should be rightly understood. Thus, we do well to consider responsible parenthood in the light of its varied legitimate and interrelated aspects. Pope Paul VI
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It is a fact that a married couple has a responsibility for their children, and that this responsibility is of a very serious nature. When a couple marries, they enter into a binding contract, on the one hand, and into a relationship of love and companionship, on the other. In the first case, the obligation is toward the children whom they have promised to bring into the world. In the second case, it is toward those of their fellow citizens from whom they have taken each other as spouses.

Source: Humanae Vitae: Of Human Life

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