Editing Patriarch Simon XVI (section)

===Moral theology===
====Contraception====
In 2008, Simon XVI relaxed Church law and attitudes regarding contraception, saying that "married couples who have lived goodly lives, and have produced at least four children in the Sanctarian Catholic faith shall be granted indulgences to use contraception". He was a frequent opponent to Sanctaria's liberalised laws and attitudes towards contraception, saying the "morning after pill is from Satan himself".

====Abortion====
Simon XVI called on clerics in the Church of Sanctaria, as well as lay members of the Church, to "regularly protest" Sanctaria's laws on abortion, which permitted it in may circumstances. When, during the [[Government of Sanctaria#7th Government of Sanctaria|Kindle government]], the [[Secretary for Health (Sanctaria)|Secretary for Health]] Dr. [[George Merlinson]] proposed tightening the abortion laws, Simon XVI directed every priest and bishop reading Mass the following Sunday to praise him from the pulpit, and to call him a "pious defender of human life".

In general election campaigns, Simon XVI called on the public to vote for [[Christian Union Party (Sanctaria)|Christian Union Party]] candidates as they "respect religion, religious teaching, and religious authority, particularly surrounding the scourge that is state-sponsored murder of babies - abortion".

====Homosexuality====
Simon XVI frequently spoke out against same-sex attraction and marriage during his tenure as Patriarch. He said "two men married is a mockery of Our Father", and that "normalising deviant lifestyles will corrupt our children". His frequent attacks on the LGBT community attracted criticism from successive governments since his election.