Vatican Says Washing Machine Source of Women’s Liberation!?

I received from my husband today this link talking about an editorial in the Vatican’s official newspaper L’Osservatore Romano. Apparently women owe their increased freedom to the invention of the washing machine. The contraceptive pill did not make any contribution other than polluting the environment and causing male infertility. One commentor felt this was a mis-interpretation of the article but I haven’t been able to find it online. I have found many other similar takes on it though, like this one which mentions commentators and politicians reading the editorial the same way.
So ladies, enjoy your “freedom”, get the washing done and while you’re at it have a baby instead of messing up the environment. I cannot even comment on the link to the story about the 9 year old Brazilian girl – what is wrong with the Catholic Church?