http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08120506.html
(Full article, "Texas Bishop Reaffirms that Sterilization Is Contrary to Church Teaching and True Health Care")
"...The bishop had made headlines in November when he publicly acknowledged and repented of his "failure" as overseer of two Catholic hospitals in his diocese, after an anonymous report revealed they had both performed several sterilizations. Corrada ordered the institutions to cease performing the procedures after conducting an independent audit.
... Direct sterilization is also a misguided attempt at healthcare, says Corrada, because "it destroys—it does not heal—the body’s reproductive capacity. No one may do evil so that good may come of it."
While he notes that some therapy may indirectly end in sterilization without being immoral, nonetheless direct sterilizations such as tubal ligations "treat no illness and serve only to destroy the reproductive capacity of a patient," and those involved in such procedures with full knowledge and consent "commit a deadly sin."
Corrada again affirmed that all Catholics and Catholic institutions are forbidden to provide or tolerate such procedures....."
I had always known that many religions thought that sterilization was a sin, but I didn't know how severe of a sin or why they thought it was a sin, especially if they already had 6 or 8 kyds, but apparently they do. I STILL don't know why they think it's a sin, even after having read what the Bishop said. I had to look up "deadly sin" and for those of you who don't know, here's what that means;
Deadly Sin: mortal sin: an unpardonable sin entailing a total loss of grace.
This is confusing to me because I thought that in the Christian faith that ALL sins were pardonable. I have read that even suicide can possibly be forgiven under certain circumstances such as the person was not mentally capable of making a rational decision, so they were therefore not culpulable. I thought the only unforgivable sin was the sin that wasn't confessed. It blows my mind that someone can commit a sin considered so grave that it can't be forgiven, such as a tubal ligation after having birthed 10 kyds, but murderers on death row can make their confession while the needle goes into their arms and slither right on through the Pearly Gates unscathed. If women who have had abortions can be forgiven, then why not the women who have had tubals? If anyone knows the answer to that and as to WHY it's considered a sin in the first place, then I sure wish that they would share it, as I was raised Baptist and am not familiar with the rules and regulations of The Catholic Church.