I wasn't sure how to post this or where, but I decided this was possibly a moral issue in a modern world.
Just today I discovered over of FE an article about circuмcision. Since I am new to traditional Catholicism, I have never heard this issue discussed anywhere in any manner. I just assumed that it was a health issue, at best, and a personal preference, in the least.
All four of our sons are circuмcised. It was a decision not made lightly. We were not Christian at the time, much less Catholic, so religious belief or practice was not part of that decision. The social issue was not part of that decision either. Frankly we could have cared less about what other's thought. We also didn't care about the father/son "matching" thing either. Ultimately it came down purely to my own father. My father, who was baptized a Catholic in 1938, was not circ'd and listed a whole host of ongoing issues in his youth and adulthood. He had a strong opinion about it. After we asked some other Dr's, we had the procedure done for our first son.
Since our 3 oldest sons were born either when we were not Catholic or marginally so, we didn't question our decision. We were confident our decision to circ was one for reasons of health. When our 4th was born, we were firmly modern NO Catholics. We never questioned our decision and I never recall anyone, including our priest, approaching the subject.
Now, I am reading that there are all sorts of Papal docuмents condemning circuмcision. And I am feeling scrupulous.
I consider this in the unlikely possibility that the Lord blesses us with another son. (I am 44, so this is probably unlikely). But I would also like to know and understand this issue.
Based on what I have read and my own experience, it seems that Catholics generally were not circuмcised at all. But then in the U.S. after WWII or something this became routine practice, even for Catholics. Is this something Catholics just allowed to happen under the aspect of "morally neutral", if there is such a thing.
Obviously, we can't undo our sons' circ's but is this something that I need to take to the confessional???
I would like to understand this better, in the case that this discussion arises in the future.