Curran then returned to prominence, however, in 1968 when he, along with a group of some 600 theologians, authored a response to Humanae Vitae, Pope Paul VI's encyclical affirming the traditional ban on artificial contraception.

This was a title given to St. Alexander I ( the 19th Archbishop of Alexandria ), in honor of the canonical responsibilities bestowed upon the Primates of Alexandria thereafter, to determine the date of the Pascha, and to convey ecclesiastical letters of notification to all Hierarchies of the Universal Church, along with the Paschal encyclical.

The encyclical opens with an assertion of the competency of the magisterium of the Catholic Church to decide questions of morality.

The encyclical acknowledges that " perhaps not everyone will easily accept this particular teaching ", but points out that the Roman Catholic Church cannot " declare lawful what is in fact unlawful ", because she is concerned with " safeguarding the holiness of marriage, in order to guide married life to its full human and Christian perfection.

The encyclical closes with an appeal to observe the natural laws of the Most High God.

The Jesuit Journal Sic dedicated one edition to the encyclical with supportive contributions.

Paul defended the encyclical, saying “ It does not surprise the Church that she becomes, like her divine Founder, a ‘ sign of contradiction ’; yet she does not, because of this, cease to proclaim with humble firmness the entire moral law, both the natural law and the law of the Gospel.

The authority which the magisterium enjoys by the will of Christ exists so that the moral conscience can attain the truth with security and remain in it .” John Paul quoted Humanae Vitae as a compassionate encyclical, " Christ has come not to judge the world but to save it, and while he was uncompromisingly stern towards sin, he was patient and rich in mercy towards sinners ".

In his encyclical Mediator Dei, Pius XII links liturgy with the last will of Jesus Christ.

In the English-speaking world, the Douay-Rheims Bible — translated from the Latin Vulgate by expatriate recusants in Rheims, France in 1582 ( New Testament ) and in Douai, France in 1609 ( Old Testament )— which was revised by Bishop Richard Challoner in 1749 – 1752 ( the 1750 revision is that which is printed today ), was, until the prompting for " new translations from the original languages " given by Pope Pius XII in the 1942 encyclical letter Divino afflante spiritu and the Second Vatican Council, the translation used by most Catholics ( after Divino afflante spiritu, translations multiplied in the Catholic world, just as they multiplied in the Protestant world around the same time beginning with the Revised Standard Version, with various other translations being used around the world for English-language liturgies, ranging from the New American Bible, the Jerusalem Bible, the Revised Standard Version Second Catholic Edition, and the upcoming English Standard Version Catholic lectionary ).

* June 2 – Pope Paul III publishes the encyclical Sublimis Deus, which declares the natives of the New World to be rational beings with souls who must not be enslaved or robbed.

He is known for intellectualism, the development of social teachings with his encyclical Rerum Novarum and his attempts to define the position of the Church with regard to modern thinking.

In his encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor on reparations, Pope Pius XI called Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ a duty for Catholics and referred to them as " some sort of compensation to be rendered for the injury " with respect to the sufferings of Jesus.

In October 1948, as the 1948 Arab – Israeli War was in progress, Pope Pius XII, deeply disturbed by that violent conflict, issued the encyclical " In Multiplicibus Curis ", in which he called on the peace-makers to give Jerusalem and its outskirts " an international character " and to assure-" with international guarantees "-freedom of access and worship at the holy places scattered throughout Palestine.

Pope Pius XII, who had a particular interest in the liturgy, wrote in his 1947 encyclical Mediator Dei that " the use of the mother tongue in connection with several of the rites may be of much advantage to the people ", though he stated at the same time that only the Holy See had the authority to grant permission for the use of the vernacular.

The first encyclical written by Pope Benedict XV coincided with the beginning of World War I, which he labelled The Suicide of Civilized Europe.

The encyclical Humani Generis Redemptionem from 15 June 1917, deals with blatant ineffectivenesss of Christian preaching.

In his encyclical Miserentissimus Redemptor on reparations, Pope Pius XI called Acts of Reparation to Jesus Christ a duty for Catholics and referred to them as " some sort of compensation to be rendered for the injury " with respect to the sufferings of Jesus.

An encyclical letter to all Christians In defence of his resignation is unedited, as are also a Dialogue with two Turks about the divinity of Christ, and a work about the Adoration of God.

The archbishop opened the conference with an address: deliberation followed ; committees were appointed to report on special questions ; resolutions were adopted, and an encyclical letter was addressed to the faithful of the Anglican Communion.

The reports of the special committees ( based in part upon those of the committee of 1867 ) were embodied in the encyclical letter, which described the best mode of maintaining union, voluntary boards of arbitration, the relationship between missionary bishops and missionaries ( a particular problem in India ), chaplains in continental Europe, modern forms of infidelity and the best way of dealing with them and the condition, progress and needs of the churches.

The encyclical letter is accompanied by sixty-three resolutions ( which include careful provision for provincial organisation and the extension of the title archbishop " to all metropolitans, a thankful recognition of the revival of brotherhoods and sisterhoods, and of the office of deaconess ," and a desire to promote friendly relations with the Eastern Churches and the various Old Catholic bodies ), and the reports of the eleven committees are subjoined.

Pope Pius XI in his encyclical letter Miserentissimus Redemptor ( on May 8, 1928 ) affirmed the Church's position with respect to Saint Margaret Mary's visions of Jesus Christ by stating that Jesus had " manifested Himself " to Saint Margaret and had " promised her that all those who rendered this honor to His Heart would be endowed with an abundance of heavenly graces.

In the 1979 encyclical Redemptor Hominis Pope John Paul II explained the theme of unity of Mary's Immaculate Heart with the Sacred Heart.

Humanae Vitae ( Latin Of Human Life ) is an encyclical written by Pope Paul VI and issued on 25 July 1968.

* July 25 – Pope Paul VI publishes the encyclical entitled Humanae Vitae, condemning birth control.

He vehemently opposed Austrian legislation on abortion, whilst at the same time describing the publication of Pope Paul VI's encyclical condemning contraception, Humanae Vitae, as being a " tragic event ".

Pope Paul VI published an encyclical Humanae Vitae on the same topic.

The modern Church's view of contraception was explored further in the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae by Pope Paul VI, and by Pope John Paul II's lecture series later entitled Theology of the Body.

* Humanae Vitae, a papal encyclical.

A watershed came in 1968, when The Tablet took an editorial stance at odds with Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae, which restated the traditional teaching against artificial contraception.

The characters are confronted with a wide range of issues and experiences including marriage, contraception, adultery, illness, grief and, most important of all, the changes in the Catholic Church brought about by the Second Vatican Council and the papal encyclical against contraception, Humanae Vitae ( 1968 ).

This can be verified in Humanae Vitae, the encyclical written during the papacy of Pope Paul VI in 1968.

He fully supported the prohibition on contraception in Pope Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae, and was vice-president and then president of the Pontifical Council for the Family from 1974 until he resigned in 1990.

This section of the lecture series, the sixth and final part, is largely a reflection on Humanae Vitae, the 1968 encyclical of Pope Paul VI.

* The encyclical Humanae vitae, a sign of contradiction ; an essay on birth control and Catholic conscience, ( Franciscan Herald Press, 1969 )

During his tenure, Alfrink and his fellow Dutch clergymen attacked the argumentation used in Pope Paul's 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae.

Paul VI, although he had vowed to continue Pope John's program, was nevertheless opposed to much of his era's radicalism, as he indicated in the encyclical Humanae Vitae.

The publication has seen occasional controversy, such as its dispute with The Wanderer over Humanae Vitae, Paul VI's encyclical on birth control.

O ' Boyle was also an ardent supporter of Paul VI's encyclical Humanae Vitae, and placed ecclesiastical censures on priests who dissented from its teachings.

In the midst of widespread ignorance, doctrinal confusion, and moral rebellion, the Newman staked out its position in 1973, hosting an address by Elizabeth Anscombe titled " Contraception, Sin and Natural Law "-a philosophical defence of Pope Paul VI's encyclical on artificial birth control ( Humanae Vitae ).