University President John Garvey published his monthly Catholic News Service column on unity in the Church.
This summer marks the 50th anniversary of “Humanae Vitae.” The world has changed dramatically since Pope Paul VI wrote the encyclical, mostly in ways he foretold.
Abortion and sterilization are commonplace. Artificial birth control has opened “wide the way for marital infidelity and a general lowering of moral standards.” Governments favor “those contraceptive methods which they consider more effective … (and) may even impose their use on everyone.” ...
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