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Fr. Shenan J. Boquet: Humanae Vitae Today – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Shenan J. Boquet: Humanae Vitae Today

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By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International, July 29, 2025

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet, Human Life International, July 29, 2025

Few encyclicals in the history of the Church have caused more controversy than Humanae vitae, published on July 25, 1968 by Pope St. Paul VI.

The central purpose of Humanae vitae is easily summarized and is well-known by many. In brief, it reiterates the long-standing Catholic and Christian belief in God’s plan for married love and the transmission of life—reasserting the moral impermissibility of contraception that attacks the procreative nature and unitive aspect of marriage.

As Pope Paul VI stated, we cannot morally justify “any action which either before, at the moment of, or after sexual intercourse, is specifically intended to prevent procreation—whether as an end or as a means.”

The encyclical was published just as the sexual revolution was getting into full swing and came after a ferocious debate both within and without the Church. …

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