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Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy announced June 27, the last day of the Supreme Court's current term, that he is retiring July 31.

As the Catholic Church marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Pope Paul VI's encyclical, "Humanae Vitae," the Catholic Herald is taking a look back at the legacy and teaching of the document on marriage and human life. 

When “Humanae Vitae” was first promulgated July 25, 1968, it not only taught what the church has always and everywhere proclaimed, it was also a teaching ahead of its time. Contraceptive technology had been accepted by Protestant churches as early as 1930, and the world had become habituated to think that Christian teaching could adapt.

In a 5-4 decision June 26, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Donald Trump's travel ban on people entering the U.S. from some Muslim-majority countries, saying the president's action was within his power.

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