Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Senior Curial Cardinal says Humanae Vitae Was a "Defense of the Dignity of Women

As a protestant this is a challenging teaching but the more I read the more I regret some of my past decisions...
ROME, June 20, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Pope Paul VI's reassertion of Catholic doctrine on artificial contraception, the encyclical Humanae Vitae, was a "defence of the dignity of woman" said a senior curial cardinal.
"The encyclical is not simply a 'no' to contraception but also a defence of the dignity of woman against whatever might degrade her greatness as a person, wife and mother, reducing her to an object of pleasure," said Giovanni Cardinal Re, speaking to a meeting in Rome of the American Academy of Fertility Care Professionals. The conference theme was this year's 40th anniversary of Humanae Vitae, CNS, the news service of the US Bishops' conference, reports
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