By Carl E. Olson, Catholic World Report - The rejection of St. Paul VI’s encyclical—both 55 years ago and today—is at heart a failure of faith... The encyclical, Humanae Vitae, was promulgated 55 years ago, on July 25, 1968. The word often used to describe Pope Paul VI’s encyclical is “prophetic”. It is one of those rather rare cases in which such a daunting, loaded, and strong adjective is exactly on the mark. Being prophetic, in the biblical and apostolic tradition, involves far more than some sort of foretelling of future events.