On 25 July 1968 Pope Paul VI issued an encyclical letter called Humanae Vitae. A Latin phrase meaning "of human life". The encyclical letter was written in answer to the development of the contraceptive pill in the 1960s and the new challenges this would bring to sexuality and marriage.
Humanae Vitae - What Was True Yesterday, Is Also True Today
Aleteia - published on 03/08/13
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