[amihow]

I think Pope Francis is duplicitous and is probably trying to do to Humanae Vitae the same “pastoral” move as with Communion and Adultery.

I think that H.V teaching is infallible, although all the reasoning therein may need tweaking.

I think we could make the case that PaulVI had heroic courage in promulgating H.V.

[ebb tide]

I think you are confused on what “pastoral” means.

If you think HV is infallible, it is not “pastoral”; and Paul VI did nothing that any pre-conciliar pope would not have done. There was no “heroic courage” in simply holding up his predecessors’ teaching on faith and morals.