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Birth Control Debate Divides Catholic Doctors in Miami
Five thousand Catholic physicians at the National Federation of Catholic Physicians Guilds meeting in Miami Beach withheld full support for Pope Paul VI's birth control encyclical. A coordinated shift favored studying the issues further while denouncing abortion, and a separate motion condemned abortion outright. The debate highlighted tension between allegiance to papal teaching and calls for broader inquiry into social and moral questions. A brief classified ad promotes a home improvement business.
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