Birth control Archives

Rwanda church seeks agreement with state on contraception, abortion

Catholic News Service, Church in Africa
Jul 26, 2019

Rwanda’s Catholic Church said it hopes to reach agreement with the government of President Paul Kagame after senior officials accused the church of hampering birth control policy by refusing contraception and abortion at its hospitals and clinics.

Documentation on ‘Humanae Vitae’ goes beyond polemics, cardinal says

Catholic News Service, Vatican
Oct 19, 2018

In the long process of drafting a document on the regulation of births, St. Paul VI rejected a version that “was limited to a rigorous reaffirmation of doctrine to which Christians and all people were asked to adhere docilely and without reservation,” said Cardinal Pietro Parolin.

‘Humanae Vitae’ is prophetic ‘blueprint’ for society, bishop says

Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
Oct 12, 2018

The message of Humanae Vitae is “good news” and a guide for rebuilding family and society Bishop James Wall of Gallup, New Mexico, has said.

‘Humanae Vitae” milestone a refresher on Catholicism and law

News Analysis
Jul 31, 2018

‘Humanae Vitae’ might be better understood in the light of Italian cultural understanding of law.

Contraception feeds violence against women, papal theologian says

Catholic News Service, Global Church
Jul 30, 2018

The widespread use of contraception has led to increased violence and aggression against women, the theologian of the papal household said during a mid-July visit to Sydney.

What #MeToo can learn from ‘Humanae vitae’

Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
Jul 25, 2018

Sex “untethered” from reproduction can mean “whatever individual men decide it means to them, even violence and power,” says law professor Helen Alvaré, adding that the #MeToo movement can learn from the wisdom expressed by Pope Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical ‘Humanae Vitae.’