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- Title
Der „Pillen-Bann.“.
- Authors
Bock, Florian
- Abstract
The reception of the encyclical Humane Vitae published in 1968 in which Pope Paul VI regarded abortion, contraception, and other issues pertaining to human life, was refused by many Catholics all over the world. Ever since it has determined the public perception of the Montini-pope. This article analyzes the immediate reactions from the liberal weekly„Die Zeit", the Christian weekly „Rheinischer Merkur" and also from the dailies „Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung" and „Corriere della Sera" towards this encyclical. Due to a more critical journalism in the 1960s which brought authorities like the Catholic Church more and more into question, the reporting in the German press was - despite of some variations - not only concentrated on the papal ban of the pill. The encyclical rather seemed to have offended the public opinion of the 1960s in various ways: It stood against the Second Vatican Council and its intention to find the dialogue with the modern world („Aggiomamento") and, in addition to this, against a more democratic definition of church. Furthermore, Humanae Vitae was seen as a measure against the scientific progress of modern technologies concerning birth control. That way, the papal writing is often said to have paved the way for the fear of overpopulation and famines especially in the Third World at that time. Still, Humanae Vitae can also be interpreted as the official Catholic position against sexual liberation, which was an important element for the identity formation within the youth during the 1960s. The encyclical stood also against the beginning female emancipation in general since the text was originally only discussed by men who practiced celibacy.
- Subjects
GERMANY; CATHOLIC Church; CHRISTIANS; PUBLIC opinion; PAUL VI, Pope, 1897-1978; ABORTION; DIE Zeit (Newspaper); NEWSPAPERS; FRANKFURTER Allgemeine Zeitung GmbH; TECHNOLOGY; BIRTH control
- Publication
Communicatio Socialis, 2010, Vol 43, Issue 3, p270
- ISSN
0010-3497
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5771/0010-3497-2010-3-270