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Not that I'm agreeing or defending the Catholic Church here, but the Catholic theology isn't quite so simple as "premarital sex is bad, condoms allow for easier premarital sex, therefore condoms are bad." That's the general Christian attitude toward making access to condoms easier, but it's not an accurate description of the Catholic attitude.
The Catholic Church's problem with condoms isn't strictly secondary (for what they allow) but is also primary (condoms themselves are considered bad). They understand modern medicine quite well - condoms artificially prevent contraception, and that is considered a sin.
The theological argument isn't a particularly strong one, and pretty much the only reason the church came out against condoms in the 60s was to avoid inconsistency with past teachings. Nonetheless, it's not due to any sort of misunderstanding of the function of condoms, rather it's that the church does understand how condoms work and believes that it is wrong.
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