From the trenches at the parish level, I ain’t giving up on Humanae Vitae. Interesting times for sure.
I’ve read and studied HV since 1978. In concept it’s reverential to God and family and sort of a country ideal for very healthy and resilient couples. But in reality, who may justly (not a celibate old man in a palace surely?) order a woman today to have 6 or 8 children - or if trying to keep down the number of births so she isn’t totally overwhelmed, tell her to refuse her husband on the days he is most interested? NFP, if applied with scientific rigor, can work but it’s not fun. Should we really have faith and live at such a level of bestial instinct which is nature’s openness to life?