Pontifical academy raises questions, confusion, on 'Humanae vitae
The Pontifical Academy for Life has triggered renewed speculation that Pope Francis could be planning a new document addressing the Church’s teaching on the immorality of artificial contraception, after one of its social media accounts said that Humanae vitae, Pope St. Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical letter on the subject, is not infallible.
I wasn’t around in 1968, but it’s certainly the case that much of the church ignored Humanae Vitae. I’m not sure, though, whether there was over pushback from the bishops like we’re seeing with Fiducia Supplicans. There were certainly bishops who didn’t like HV but were they issuing statements like “Paul VI got this one wrong. We reject it in our diocese”?