Michael Duggan steps into a time machine that takes him back to Humanae Vitae
The Schism of ‘68
edited by Alana Harris, Palgrave, 400pp, £69
The Schism of ’68 is a European tour of Catholic opinion during the lead up to and aftermath of the publication of Humanae Vitae, the encyclical of Paul VI, which ruled against the use of contraception. Disembarking in the Netherlands to revisit Dutch Catholic attitudes to birth control in the 30 years after World War II, we eventually conclude our travels, 10 more countries later, behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
