More on Humanae vitae (Canada).In October 1998 the Canadian bishops rejected the suggestion that they retract TO RETRACT. To withdraw a proposition or offer before it has been accepted. 2. This the party making it has a right to do is long as it has not been accepted; for no principle of law or equity can, under these circumstances, require him to persevere in it. their 1968 response to the encyclical encyclical, originally, a pastoral letter sent out by a bishop, now a solemn papal letter, meant to inform the whole church on some particular matter of importance. Benedict XIV circulated the first known encyclical in 1740. Humanae vitae Humanae Vitae (Latin "Of Human Life") is an encyclical written by Pope Paul VI and promulgated on July 25, 1968. Subtitled "On the Regulation of Birth", it re-affirms the traditional teaching of the Roman Catholic Church regarding abortion, contraception, and other issues , the response known now as the Winnipeg Statement The Winnipeg Statement is the Canadian Bishops' Statement on the Encyclical Humanae Vitae from a Plenary Assembly held at Saint Boniface in Winnipeg, Manitoba. . Catholic Insight reported on the effort and its outcome at length. 1. We found the following letter in the February. 1999, edition of the Island Catholic News, published in Victoria, B.C. "The Executive of Catholics of Vision: Canada supports the 1968 Winnipeg Statement and recommends that at this time it be reaffirmed by the CCCB CCCB Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops CCCB Central Christian College of the Bible (Missouri) CCCB Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (Barcelona, Spain) CCCB Child Care Choices of Boston . "We have studied the July 21, 1998, press release from the Society for Catholic Life and Culture, the Catholic Insight articles written by Roman Danylak Roman Danylak, S.T.L., J.U.D. (born December 29, 1930, Toronto, Canada) is a Canadian Ukrainian Catholic bishop. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in 1957 and ministered to Ukrainian Catholics in Canada. and Vincent Foy Monsignor Vincent N. Foy (August 14 1915 - ) is a Canadian Roman Catholic cleric and theologian. He is particularly prominent as a critic of artificial contraception and what he perceives as acceptance of it by the Catholic hierarchy (particularly that in Canada, as in the , and the editorial by Alphonse de Valk. "We find their argumentation flawed in three areas: the lumping together of distinct moral and social issues; the use of emotionally charged rhetoric; and the contention that the Winnipeg Statement presents conscience as a source of truth. In addition, we find the suggestion that all who use artifical contraception be excluded from the Eucharist unacceptable. "Catholics in Canada were encouraged in 1968 by Bishop Alexander Carter's pastoral statement which recognized that the papal teaching 'is neither accepted by nor acceptable to a large number of otherwise excellent Catholics just as loyal to the Church and the Holy Father as we are. We have spoken to them with love and understanding. This is how we conceive our role.' The Winnipeg Statement indicated that the Bishops of Canada listened to the People of God in this country. Our hope and our expectation is that they will continue to do so. "Please present our position to both the Executive Council and the October plenary of the CCCB. "With thanks and prayers." George Martin, chair CVC See CSC. Saundra Glynn, vice-chair CVC 2. Renfrew County, ON--Following the Niagara Falls bishops' plenary in October 1998, at which they declined to replace their September 1968 commentary (Winnipeg Statement) with a new one, Deacon Daniel Dauvin of Renfrew County, ON, wrote a long letter to the President of the Bishops' Conference, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte, entitled Metanoeite! (Repent) "It is a scandal, your Eminence." The insightful and sharply reasoned letter, written as well on behalf of his wife, has as its theme that the refusal to replace the 1968 pastoral dissent was 1) a missed opportunity, 2) a squandering squan·der tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders 1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste. 2. of grace and 3) a betrayal of Christ. It lists eight consequences, all of them hurtful to Canada and the Church in Canada. No reply has been received from the CCCB President, but one did arrive from Affonso Cardinal Lopez Trujillo, President of the Pontifical Council of the Family in Rome, thanking him for the report and stating: "It is unfortunate that it has been turned down. This should not, however, discourage in any way those who are engaged in the fight in favour of the culture of life." Deacon Dauvin's letter is available from our website (www.catholicinsight.com), at the end of the file Humanae vitae. |
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