Abstract

Italy was a crucial battleground for the teaching of the Catholic church on sexual morality in the late 1960s, and Humanae Vitae had a key role in the development of a new kind of relationship between the Vatican, the Catholic Church in Italy, and Italian public opinion, both Catholic and secular. The chapter analyses a spectrum of reactions, from opinion pieces and letters in secular newspapers, theological explorations in Catholic journals, and published critiques of the encyclical by the Catholic faithful. The encyclical constituted a pivotal moment in perceptions of the secularization of Italy, and this event was particularly momentous in a country with a history so intimately tied to the Catholic Church and the Vatican.

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