In July 1965 a Gallup poll asked Catholic Americans if they thought their Church would ever approve of birth control. Sixty-one percent of the respondents replied yes. There was just cause for ...
Humanae Vitae: On July 29, 1968, Pope Paul VI published his encyclical on the regulation of birth, introducing what we call here the Humanae Vitae affair. Now approaching its golden jubilee, the ...
Leerink put the med’s failure in the “Things we didn’t like about this quarter” for the acquisitive Allergan. The deal to buy Vitae, one of many in recent months, was worth $21 a share and became a ...
Allergan PLC agreed to acquire clinical-stage biotechnology company Vitae Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $639 million, more than double its market value, in a move aimed at strengthening the drugmaker’s ...
The widespread theological and pastoral dissent that greeted the publication of Humanae Vitae 50 years ago has been a dominant force in Catholic life ever since. The reverberations continue to this ...