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Humanae vitae (Latin, meaning 'Of Human Life') is an encyclical written by Pope Paul VI and dated 25 July 1968. The text was issued at a Vatican press conference on 29 July. [ 1 ] Subtitled On the Regulation of Birth , it re-affirmed the teaching of the Catholic Church regarding married love , responsible parenthood, and the rejection of ...
After John XXIII's death in 1963, Pope Paul VI added theologians to the commission and over three years expanded it to 72 members from five continents (including 16 theologians, 13 physicians and 5 women without medical credentials, with an executive committee of 16 bishops, including 7 cardinals.) [1] [page range too broad] [2] [page needed]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Motu proprio of Pope Paul VI (4 P) ... Humanae vitae; M. Marialis Cultus; Mense maio; Mysterii Paschalis;
The central document of Pope Paul VI is Humanae vitae. The Pope begins with the statement that "the transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator." He claims that this is a source of great joy to them, although it means many difficulties and hardships.
The Winnipeg Statement is the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops' statement on the papal encyclical Humanae vitae from a plenary assembly held at Saint Boniface in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Published on September 27, 1968, it is the Canadian bishops' document about rejecting Pope Paul VI's July 1968 encyclical on human life and the regulation of ...
Humanae may refer to : Dignitatis Humanae is the Second Vatican Council's Declaration on Religious Freedom. Humanae Vitae is an encyclical written by Pope Paul VI and promulgated on July 25, 1968. The Speculum Humanae Salvationis was a bestselling anonymous illustrated work of popular theology in the late Middle Ages.
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:
Paul VI suffered from the responses within the church to Humanae vitae. Most regions and bishops supported the pontiff, including notable support from Patrick O'Boyle. [206] However, a small part of the church, especially in the Netherlands, Canada, and Germany openly disagreed with the Pope, which deeply wounded him for the rest of his life. [207]