40th Anniversary of “Humanae Vitae”
1 August 2008
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Loading ...(L’OSSERVATORE ROMANO) Forty years ago, on 25 July 1968, Paul VI signed Humanae Vitae, the Encyclical that rejected contraception with artificial means, against the hedonism and family planning policies that richer countries often imposed on poorer nations.
As soon as it was published on 29 July, Humanae Vitae sparked such unprecedented opposition within the Catholic Church [...]