My friend Jeremy Priest, who writes the very interesting blog Turning Towards The Lord, reminded me that we are celebrating 39 years of Humanae Vitae today! He has written a quality post about the historical encyclical on his blog. Here is a highlight:It was not to be. Pope Paul VI received both the majority report and the minority report from the papal contraception commission. The majority report said that the Church should change its traditional stance against contraception. This report was leaked to the press, it is thought, in order to pressure an affirmative decision from the Pope Paul. The minority report, penned with the help of a certain Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, stated that the Church should reaffirm the traditional teaching with new language. Pope Paul agreed.Enjoy the post and then go get some ice cream and cake to celebrate!
Oh, and in case you wanted to brush up on your Humanae here it is...
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Thanks for the link. I'm getting ready to watch the videos.
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