New Poll: ‘Faithful Catholics’ an Endangered Species
…had made a decision to allow contraception earlier the same year. In that commission a minority group, which included the man who would become Pope John Paul II, argued successfully against the majority who argued for a relaxation of the ban. Part of their reasoning was that a change of mind would undermine authority, and make it look as if the Spirit had been blowing through the Anglican rather than the Catholic Church. Paul VI agreed, and the r…
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