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Humanae Vitae (On Transmitting Human Life) - Nearly 40 years ago, in the summer of 1968, Pope Paul VI issued the encyclical Humanae Vitae. It was the seventh encyclical in the sixth year of his pontificate, and, although he reigned for another ten years, it was the last encyclical he wrote.

Humanae Vitae is perhaps the most contentious and well-known papal intervention in the history of the Church. Promulgated at the height of the "sexual revolution" in the western world, Humanae Vitae reiterated the constant teaching of the Church on the duty of married persons to responsibly transmit human life and the incompatibility of contraception with that duty. The reactions have continued for almost an entire generation. However, the response has not been completely negative. Humanae Vitae also spawned an explosion in theological discourse in defense of its teachings, not only among theologians and bishops, but also through the teaching authority of Pope John Paul II, whose writings have made the teachings of Humanae Vitae accessible to the modern world.

Author - Steve Weidenkopf
Steve Weidenkopf has given numerous presentations and seminars on marriage, family life, Church History and theology. Steve served as the Director of the Office of Marriage & Family Life for the Archdiocese of Denver from Oct. 2001 to May 2004 and as an advisor to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. He was also an instructor for Our Lady of the New Advent Theological Institute - Catechetical School where he taught classes in Marriage & Family, Human Sexuality, Church History and Theology.

Steve currently works in Washington, D.C. as a program analyst for the federal government. He has his Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College in Alexandria, Virginia (2001). He received his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. (1993). Steve is married to Kasey and they have four children. Steve and Kasey have served as a marriage preparation mentor couple to the engaged at their parishes in Colorado and Virginia.

To view the Majority Papal Commission Report (reprinted with permission from The National Catholic Reporter) click here.

To view the Minority Papal Commission Report (reprinted with permission from The National Catholic Reporter) click here.

To see an article about Humanae Vitae by Cardinal Stafford, click here.

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