Thursday, 12th July 6pm
A free public lecture opening the 1968: FIve Decades On Conference will be a public lecture by Fr Wojciech Giertych, O.P, Theologian of the Pontifical Household.
‘The Importance of a Comma in Humanae Vitae’
As a result of a faulty translation, the message of Humanae Vitae was weakened. Both the unitive and procreative dimensions of marriage are necessary for growth in charity. The failure to teach the full force of bl. Paul VI’s 1968 encyclical has brought about the crash of paternity and male egoism. The Church has been furnished with supernatural tools that can heal these dire consequences, but they have to be received in faith and their meaning has to be articulated.