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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1968
Page
8
The Papal Commission on Birth Control urged altering the church stance and gaining authority beyond papal encyclical. The new authority mix prompts many theologians to claim Catholics may disregard papal guidance if their consciences differ.
Edward B. Fiske notes that Pope Raul VI's birth control encyclical accelerates a trend away from papal supremacy toward broader church participation. He describes Vatican II as elevating Scripture and collegiality, moving authority from the pope to the wider church and laity, with implications for how Catholics view Church governance and obedience.
American and international church scholars joined a growing backing for revising Pope Paul VI's ban on artificial contraception. The group cited endorsements from Rome’s Academia Alfonsiana and several U.S. scholars, signaling momentum toward a possible new encyclical or further discussion within the church.
Publishers of Detroit's two newspapers reach a tentative agreement with the mailers, the sole strikers, ending a shutdown of the evening News and the morning Free Press lasting more than 814 months.
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