ITALY: POPE PAUL DEFENDS HIS CONTROVERSIAL BAN ON ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL.

Record ID: 402137

  • Title: ITALY: POPE PAUL DEFENDS HIS CONTROVERSIAL BAN ON ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL.
  • Date: 31st July 1968
  • Summary: POPE ON PLATFORM READING STATEMENT; POPE MEETING PILGRIMS (SOF OVERLAID): TRANSCRIPT: POPE PAUL "MY SONS AND DAUGHTERS TODAY WE WISH TO SPEAK TO YOU ON THE FEELINGS THAT FILLED OUR HEARTS DURING THE LONG PERIOD OF PREPARATION OF OUR ENCYCLICAL LETTER....(INDISTINCT). THE KNOWLEDGE OF OUR GRAVE RESPONSIBILITY CAUSES US NO SMALL SUFFERING. WE ALL KNEW OF THE
  • Embargoed: 15th August 1968 13:00
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  • Location: CASTELGANDOLFO, ITALY
  • Country: Italy
  • Reuters ID: LVAEB7773ZUY5MMJ6B3153C4V5F4
  • Story Text: POPE PAUL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) DEFENDED HIS CONTROVERSIAL BAN ON ARTIFICIAL BIRTH CONTROL AND SAID THAT THE DECISION HAD FOLLOWED YEARS OF STUDY, SUFFERING AND ANGUISH. FOLLOWING THE WORLD WIDE STORM WHICH HAD FOLLOWED PUBLICATION OF HIS ENCYCLICAL TWO DAYS AGO, THE POPE TOOK GREAT PAINS TO EMPHASISE THAT THE DECISION HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN LIGHTLY. HE MADE HIS STATEMENT AT HIS SUMMER RESIDENCE AT CASTELGANDOLFO, WHERE HE ADDRESSED SEVERAL THOUSAND CATHOLIC PILGRIMS.
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