I thought this was a beautiful article that encapsulated the meaning of “Humanae Vitae,” which is misunderstood as much today as it was when it was written.
A careful study of history can certainly go a long way toward understanding the present, but it is useless to justify the present. The moral challenge concerns the next choice we make, not the last.
Everyone wants to believe that there is a reason for everything that happens and that good prevails over evil. We know it does not always happen that way.