Humanae Vitae, a sign of contradiction, says Vatican newspaper director
梵蒂崗新聞報主任說：「人類生命通諭(Humanae Vitae)，是矛盾的標記。」
Source: Zenit News Agency
引自：Zenit新聞社
譯者：林豪
Giovanni Maria Vian, the director of L’Osservatore Romano described the encyclical Humanae Vitae as an “authentic sign of contradiction,” adding that “it is not remembered with gratitude […] because of its exacting and countercurrent teaching.”
羅馬觀察家報(L’Osservatore Romano)主任Giovanni Maria Vian形容教宗人類生命通諭(Humanae Vitae)，是一項「確實的矛盾標記，」接著說：「不記得有任何感謝…因為它的嚴厲及逆向教導。」
Although “Humanae Vitae” was rejected by many in favor of artificial birth control, Paul VI never regretted the stance he took in the encyclical, says the director of L’Osservatore Romano.
羅馬觀察家報(L’Osservatore Romano)主任說：「雖然『人類生命通諭』反對許多有助於人工節育之方式，保祿六世從不後悔頒佈這項通諭。 」
Maria Vian commented on Paul VI’s encyclical “Humanae Vitae” on the front page of the Vatican newspaper on July 25, the 40th anniversary of Pope Paul’s signing of the encyclical.
Maria Vian在七月二十五日梵蒂崗新聞報頭版說明，保祿六世「人類生命通諭」是在其在職四十週年紀念時簽署的。
The encyclical rejected contraception with artificial methods and went against the hedonism and family planning policies, often imposed on poor countries by the richest.
這項通諭反對許多有助於人工節育之方式、享樂主義及家庭計畫政策，通常指那些貧窮國家為最富有者所欺騙。
The director noted that Paul VI had already in 1964 described the topic as “extremely grave” because “it touches the feelings and interests related to the experience of man and woman.”
主任提到保祿六世早在1964年說明其主題為「極為重要」，因為「其觸動了與男女有關的感情及興趣之經驗。」
Nonetheless, Vian continued, upon it’s publication Humanae Vitae triggered an unprecedented opposition within the Catholic Church herself.
不只如此，Vian繼續說：「『人類生命通諭』的出版，激起教會內空前的反對聲浪。」
The director recalled the words in 1996 of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, who said, “Rarely a text of the magisterium’s recent history became so much a sign of contradiction as this encyclical, which Paul VI wrote after a profoundly painful decision.”
主任回憶1996年樞機若瑟‧拉新格之後信理部(Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith)部長的話，他說：「近代訓導權之內容少有通諭成為如此矛盾的記號，是保祿六世在作下非常痛苦的決定後所簽署的。」
Despite the reaction, Paul VI remained firm in his position, continued Vian.
除此反應之外，保祿六世堅守其職位，Vian接著說。
On June 23, 1978, weeks before the Pontiff’s death, in an address to the College of Cardinals, the Pope reaffirmed the decisions he made, “following the confirmations of serious science,” and which sought to affirm the principle of respect for the laws of nature and of “a conscious and ethically responsible paternity.”
1978年6月23日教宗過世幾星期前，在一份對樞機團的致詞，教宗再次強調其決定，「跟隨憂心的科學驗認」尋求尊重自然律及「一項有意識及倫理上負責的父母」之原則的肯定。
Vian said the encyclical was consistent with the important conciliar novelties on the concept of marriage, but above all it was a prophesy for our days.
Vian說此通諭以婚姻的概念，與重要會議的新意一致，尤其為今日的我們是一項預言。
He said the so-called encyclical of the pill has also proved to be “ahead of its time” with regard to the evolution of genetic engineering.
他說這所謂避孕藥的通諭，也被證實是「當時的先驅」，關係到基因工程的革命。
Humanae Vitae states: Unless we are willing that the responsibility of procreating life should be left to the arbitrary decision of men, we must accept that there are certain limits, beyond which it is wrong to go, to the power of man over his own body and its natural functions — limits, let it be said, which no one, whether as a private individual or as a public authority, can lawfully exceed.”
「人類生命通諭」提出：「為此，如果不願把傳生使命讓人隨意處理，必須應該承認，人對於自己的身體和身體的機能的主權是有限度的，任何人，無論是私人或政府，都不得侵犯這一限度。這種限度只有在尊重整個人體和身體的自然機能的原則下，並根據以上所說的原則。」
