It certainly is

It's against the Catholic religion to use contraceptives EVER. You have to use "natural" methods of birth control. (get out your thermometer)

Yes. "The Roman Catholic Church remains morally opposed to contraception and orgasmic acts outside of the context of marital intercourse, believing that all sexual acts must be open to procreation. The only form of birth control permitted is abstinence. Modern scientific methods of "periodic abstinence" such as Natural Family Planning (NFP) were counted as a form of abstinence by Pope Paul VI in his 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae. The following is the condemnation of contraception: Therefore We base Our words on the first principles of a human and Christian doctrine of marriage when We are obliged once more to declare that the direct interruption of the generative process already begun and, above all, all direct abortion, even for therapeutic reasons, are to be absolutely excluded as lawful means of regulating the number of children. Equally to be condemned, as the magisterium of the Church has affirmed on many occasions, is direct sterilization, whether of the man or of the woman, whether permanent or temporary. Similarly excluded is any action which either before, at the moment of, or after sexual intercourse, is specifically intended to prevent procreation—whether as an end or as a means. A number of other documents provide more insight into the Church's position on contraception. The commission appointed to study the question in the years leading up to Humanae Vitae issued two reports, a majority report explaining why the Church could change its teaching on contraception, and a minority report which explains the reasons for upholding the traditional Christian view on contraception. In 1997, the Vatican released a document entitled "Vademecum for Confessors" (2:4) which states "[t]he Church has always taught the intrinsic evil of contraception." Furthermore, many Church Fathers condemned the use of contraception. Other Catholics have voiced significant disagreement with the Church's stance on contraception. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops issued probably the most heavily dissenting document, the Winnipeg Statement. In it, the bishops argued that many Catholics found it very difficult, if not sometimes impossible, to obey Humanae Vitae. Additionally, they reasserted the Catholic principle of primacy of conscience. Theologians such as Charles Curran have also criticized the stance of Humanae Vitae on artificial birth control. According to the American Enterprise Institute, 78% of Catholics say they believe the church should allow Catholics to use birth control." Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_views_on_birth_control#Roman_Catholicism Further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_views_on_contraception#Roman_Catholic_Church

Yup. Artificial contraception divorces the two purposes of sex - the unitive and the procreative purpose. Incidentally, all churches used to teach this.

yea it is, but in practice i don't think all of them do follow that. i remember my aunt saying something like "well until the pope gets what it's like to pop out watermelons, i'll take the pill"

Apparently it is.

CONFUSION!!!! The Catholic church says NO to birth control, but Natural Family Planning is controlling birth????????????????? To me, to practice no birth control would be to have relations whenever.