Catholics Asked to Tell Their Bishops to End Ban on Contraception

Catholics Asked to Tell Their Bishops to End Ban on Contraception July 25th Marks 40th Anniversary of Vatican's Devastating Decision WASHINGTON, July 21 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Forty years ago, a decision was announced that has had a catastrophic impact on the poor and powerless around the world. On July 25, 1968, Pope Paul VI slammed the door on the hopes of the vast majority of Catholics and confirmed a complete prohibition on modern methods of contraception. The papal encyclical Humanae Vitae was a defining moment in modern church history and continues to be a source of great conflict and division in the church. It is a little-known fact that before Humanae Vitae was released the hand-picked Vatican Birth Control Commission voted overwhelmingly to recommend that the church rescind its ban on artificial contraception.... [read full story]