Homily delivered by Archbishop of Manila Angel Lagdameo, CBCP President, during the Mass to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae, on July 9, 2008, at the Manila Cathedral.

To many people, concerned only with its fundamental thesis, Humanae Vitae seemed to be a pure and simple repetition of the traditional doctrine of the Church. Its original nuances escaped them.

Mocked for his “Humanae Vitae” encyclical in 1968, most of his critics probably never even bothered to read the text.

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