Without questioning the objective priority of the magisterium in teaching and passing judgment, the author argues that its function is to elicit community consciousness rather than to enforce conformity.

Is the authority of "Humanae Vitae" such that a properly informed, objectively true conscience has no choice but to obey? The author states the case for a negative answer.

"Humanae Vitae" rightfully insists on a total vision of human life, conjugal love, and responsible parenthood in a specifically human dimension for transcending the merely physiological.

"Humanae Vitae" is a definitive teaching of the authoritative and authentic interpreter of the divine and natural law and is therefore gravely binding in conscience.

The use or Puritan allegory is what lifts "The Last Hurrah," "By Love Possessed," "Invisible Man," and "Herzog" to the level of serious and lasting importance.

Although the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists officially accepted Catholic corporate theory, its primary concerns were aiding trade unionism and attacking Communist influence in the labor movement.