Paul VI in 2018
Paul VI’s landmark encyclical on birth control,
, turns fifty this year. It was controversial before it was written and has remained controversial ever since. Paul’s refusal to permit contraception has, one can say with only mild hyperbole, driven progressive Catholics batty. But for a variety of reasons, both theological and political, the encyclical remains relevant today—not only to Catholics, but to Christians of all stripes.
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