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ROME has spoken," runs an ancient proverb of the Roman Catholic Church. "The case is closed." No longer true. Last week Pope Paul VI formally promulgated his encyclical on birth control, which condemns all methods of contraception, except rhythm, as against the will of God. The pronouncement caused perhaps the most serious outburst of dissent the Catholic Church has experienced in centuries. Innumerable Catholics made clear that they would refuse to heed the words of a reigning Pontiff. Theologians defied his authority to insist that the encyclical was not binding on married Catholics who have good reasons to practice birth...
...Marriage). Reacting to the acceptance of birth control by the Anglicans' significant Lambeth Conference that year, Pope Pius XI declared, in accordance with the natural-law theory, that since the sexual act had a procreative intent, it was a violation of divine will to interfere with it. Paul VI substantially reaffirmed that view...
Pope Paul VI, fading shadow of the past...
...period bustle with provocative footnotes to history. For example, his interview with the late Queen Mary, who discussed the relations between her husband George and his sons: "She said that the real difficulty had been with the Duke of Windsor and never with 'the present King' [George VI], who always got on well with his father. She added that 'the present King' had been appalled when he succeeded. 'He was devoted to his brother and the whole abdication crisis made him miserable. He sobbed on my shoulder for a whole hour -there, upon that sofa...
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...