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…
‘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.

Mary Kenny