Word: paule
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Seldom has a theological pronouncement been so anxiously awaited as Pope Paul's long-promised verdict on birth control. A special pontifical commission agonized over the subject for five years...
...world over found themselves in a somewhat ambiguous moral position while the re-examination went on; it is no secret that many confessors have given permission to penitents to practice birth control on the old principle that lex dubia non obligat - a doubtful law is not binding. Now Pope Paul has decided to remove the doubt by restating Roman Catholicism's traditional view that any artificial interference with procreation is sinful...
...Pope's stern no, while not unexpected, is nonetheless a massive blow to liberals in the Roman Catholic Church, and to Catholics in general who had entertained hopes that Paul would somehow find a way at least to soften the church's proscription. It is bound to have wide-reaching effects. It will almost certainly cause confusion and dissension in the church, particularly among the young and among the now disillusioned liberals, both laymen and clerics. Most important of all, it will inevitably increase doubts among many Catholics about their church's ability to keep abreast...
...Pope Paul VI announced yesterday that the Catholic Church will continue its traditional ban on birth control for the members of the faith. In the encylical letter stating the position of the Pope, the contraceptive pill and all other mechanical and chemical means of birth control were ruled out and the rhythm method, the only previously accepted method for birth control in the church, was given limited endorsement...
...Judge Robert E. Quinn was satisfied that the Gulf of Tonkin resolution, passed by Congress in August 1964, was equivalent to a declaration of war. "The language," he said, "clearly indicates that Congress recognized and declared that the Gulf of Tonkin attack precipitated a state of armed conflict." Judge Paul J. Kilday did not think the Tonkin resolution constituted a declaration of war, but he did think that "abundant authority exists to make clear that a condition of war between states may exist without a formal declaration." For precedents, he began back in 1800 when Supreme Court Justice Bushrod Washington...