‘Vatican roulette’ is back in fashion – but terms and conditions haven’t been explained

‘Vatican roulette’ is back in fashion – but terms and conditions haven’t been explained A temperature-tracking device and smartphone app used in natural family planning methods. Photo: OSV News /CNS file, Alexander Crispin, Natural Cycles.

It’s ironic how the course of events sometimes unfolds, and how change often brings unintended consequences. When the contraceptive Pill was introduced in the 1960s, it prompted a huge debate about the ethics – and side-effects – involved. As everyone knows, this culminated in the 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, in which Pope Paul VI, against…

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