VATICAN CITY — Half way through the first synod on the family, when it was becoming clear that heterodox agendas were being pursued in heavy-handed and deceptive ways, a well-respected Church figure ...

One of the neglected aspects of the teaching of St. Paul VI’s encyclical, Humanae vitae, is its perspective on women. It is one of the ways that the encyclical is seen as prophetic or as retrograde, ...

In war-traumatized Sri Lanka -- where Catholics who feared that rival politicians would use the trip for political advantage had urged Francis not to come -- he deftly maneuvered through competing ...

In this 2013 file photo, a family is seen on their family farm in St. Leo, Kan. (Credit: Tyler Orsburn/CNS.) Listen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty years ago, an encyclical was released affirming a long-held ...

Humanae Vitae -- the encyclical issued by Pope Paul VI that reaffirmed teachings of the Catholic Church concerning marriage and family, the sanctity of life, sex within marriage and responsible ...

Pope Paul VI greets the crowd as he visits a Roman parish in April 1972 (Photo: CNS). MANCHESTER, England (CNS) — Nearly 500 British priests have signed a statement in support of the papal encyclical ...

"Hildebrand provided one of the first lengthy defenses of Humanae Vitae...His treatment does not ignore the procreative meaning of the sexual act, but, rather than placing the crux of the argument ...

In July 1965 a Gallup poll asked Catholic Americans if they thought their Church would ever approve of birth control. Sixty-one percent of the respondents replied yes. There was just cause for ...

Amidst all the criticism of Humanae Vitae on this its 50th anniversary, I should like to praise the encyclical today. It was reduced to "Pope Bans Pill" the second it was issued, but the text is ...

ROME – The professor who chaired a Vatican study group on Humanae Vitae stressed that Blessed Paul VI’s encyclical “needs no updating.” Marengo told CNA that, according to his studies, “one of the ...

A Good Day’s Work for Grandma Moses and the Smithsonian The Self-Radicalization Canard Sofia’s Design for Living Audio By Carbonatix Fifty years ago this past Wednesday, Pope Paul VI issued a letter ...