| Description | Papers, mostly reports, newspaper cuttings, and publicity material, as well as correspondence between John Challoner and others, on the opposition to the papal encyclical Humane Vitae, including a letter from Hilda Walmesley to Challoner on the radical nature of Challoner’s opposition (19 August 1968); letters from W.C. Clarke and Tony Spencer to Challoner on the suspension of priests for opposing the papal encyclical (20 August, 8 October 1968); letter from George Jones to Challoner on the Church’s closure of the oratory discussion groups (20 August 1968); letter from Jill Gasha to Challoner questioning his decision to join the Catholic Church (20 August 1968); letter from Aiden Taylor to Challoner outlining why he is supporting Humane Vitae(22 August 1968); petition with a list of signatories voicing opposition to Humane Vitae(September 1968); letters from Tony Spencer to Challoner, Clifford Bentley to Tony Spence, and Anne Bentley to the editor of the Birmingham Mail, on the work of the Birmingham Ad Hoc group (14, 19, 27 November 1968); letters from F.J. Pycroft to C. McDonald, J.M. Roberts to Pycroft, and others, on the work of the London Ad Hoc Group (17, 21 November 1968); article by Dom. Sebastian Moore entitled The Authority of the Encyclical(November 1968); and a letter from Simon Bryden-Brook to Anne Bentley, with a reply from Bentley, on supporting John Challoner (29 November, 3 December 1968) |