As rumours grow that Pope Francis is considering a new document that may soften the Church’s ban on artificial contraception, The Tablet’s Rome correspondent meets the advisor seeking to knit together and refresh the Church’s approach to ethical issues.
10 November 2022, The Tablet
How could the Catholic Church develop its teaching on artificial contraception?
Polling worldwide shows that most Catholics do not accept that the use of contraceptives is morally wrong.

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia and Christopher Lamb.
Photo: Pontifical Academy for Life, Fabrizio Mastrofini
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