NCR at 60 years

NCR staff are pictured inside the company's headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri, in this photo from 1968, the year Humanae Vitae was issued by Pope Paul VI. The encyclical called the use of artificial birth control "intrinsically wrong." NCR's first issue appeared in October 1964, amid the Second Vatican Council. (Jack Kenward)
NCR Voices

The pill and the confessional: 60 years ago, NCR tackled tough issues out of the box

By James V. Grimaldi

Today, Oct. 28, 2024, is National Catholic Reporter's 60th birthday. To celebrate six decades as the independent voice for and about Catholics, we are launching a new feature republishing articles from our past.

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