FIFITY YEARS OF THE HUMANAE VITAE: A MEDITATION ON SILENCE AND THE CHURCH'S DIALOGUE WITH THE HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF SEXUALITY

Abstract

The finy years of the Humanae vitae show clearly the gradual development of a moral in which the diverse voices of the Church are increasingly integrated. This story shows a deeper ecclesiology of communion centered more on what unites than on highly debated secondary issues, more on criteria than on norms, more based on human experience than on abstract principles.