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Casti connubii (Latin: "of chaste wedlock") [1] is a papal encyclical promulgated by Pope Pius XI on 31 December 1930 in response to the Lambeth Conference of the Anglican Communion. It stressed the sanctity of marriage , prohibited Catholics from using any form of artificial birth control , and reaffirmed the prohibition on abortion .
If it should be declared that contraception is not evil in itself, then we should have to concede frankly that the Holy Spirit had been on the side of the Protestant churches in 1930 [when Casti connubii was promulgated] and in 1951. It should likewise have to be admitted that for a half a century the Spirit failed to protect Pius XI, Pius XII ...
The Catholic position on contraception was formally explained and expressed by Pope Paul VI's Humanae vitae in 1968. Artificial contraception is considered intrinsically evil, [20] but methods of natural family planning may be used, as they do not usurp the natural way of conception. [21] In justification of this position, Pope Paul VI said:
If it should be declared that contraception is not evil in itself, then we should have to concede frankly that the Holy Spirit had been on the side of the Protestant churches in 1930 (when the encyclical Casti connubii was promulgated), in 1951 (Pius XII's address to the midwives), and in 1958 (the address delivered before the Society of ...
In this encyclical Paul VI reaffirmed the Catholic Church's view of marriage and marital relations and a continued condemnation of "artificial" birth control.Referencing two Papal committees and numerous independent experts examining new developments in artificial birth control, [4] Paul VI built on the teachings of his predecessors, especially Pius XI, [5] Pius XII [6] and John XXIII, [7] all ...
A post shared on X claims that Pope Francis is opening up five “sacred portals” in a “ritual that has never been done before.” ... in 1933 Pope Pius XI chose to commemorate the 1900 ...
Pope Pius XII in the years 1939-1942 delivered a series of lectures to the newly married couples of Rome which for decades became the basis for marital instruction in the US. [35] Like Popes before him, and following the teachings of the Council of Trent, Pope Pius explained in Sacra virginitas that virginity is superior to marriage. [36]
Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican archives that conflicts with the Holy ...