Pope Paul's Encyclical on artificial birth control and natural family planning. Here's an article from the Jesuit magazine America which is quite interesting, written by a nun. Will post another about a Polish woman physician on the subject tomorrow.
How “Humanae Vitae” helped one nun find her feminist voice
As a young woman I thoroughly rejected most church teachings and was planning on leaving the Catholic Church. I thought the church was a draconian institution that oppressed women, wanted us barefoot and pregnant, and told us to sit down and shut up. I believed that secular culture was what gave women dignity and rights. But, ever so slowly, I gave the Catholic Church a second chance.
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