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On ‘Humanae vitae’—Pope Paul VI did not act alone

July 19, 2018 Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency, Catholic News Agency 7

The book “La nascita di un enciclica” (The Birth of an encyclical), written by Professor Gilfredo Marengo, argues that Humanae vitae is not a “pre-conciliar” encyclical […]

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Sunday, Solemnity of Christ the King, 25 November 2012, Beijing, China. Only recently the auxiliary bishop of Shanghai bravely announced from the pulpit of Saint Ignatius cathedral that he would no longer subject himself to the […]

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