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 ...

On July 25, 1968, Pope Paul VI promulgated the much anticipated encyclical Humanae Vitae. Many hoped the new document at long last would reverse Catholic Church teaching on contraception and the ...

Homily delivered by Archbishop of Manila Angel Lagdameo, CBCP President, during the Mass to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae, on July 9, 2008, at the Manila Cathedral.) ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's a strange church that would see the anniversary of its ban on contraceptives as a cause for celebration. But in perhaps one of the more curious displays of Catholic exceptionalism, Catholic ...

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 ...

(RNS) — Many Catholics left the church over the teaching, but even more stayed and simply ignored it, giving rise to the concept of 'cafeteria Catholics,' who picked and chose which teachings they ...

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 ...