The Pearl of Great Price

July 29 Humanae Vitae and the issue of 'Reception'

Tim Byron Season 7 Episode 29

Humane Vitae is the most controversial of papal encyclicals, restating the Church's opposition to artificial birth control. It also marked a moment in the shift of the authority of the Church.  It was Pope Paul VI last encyclical. Was it prophetic or a disastrous overreach?