2 AUGUST 1968, page 2

A Cloud Over Christendom

Indeed, so outlandish did the Pope's long- awaited decision seem, so repugnant to reason and humanity alike, that the sPECTAIOR felt it right to invite a leading Member of the......

The Comrades Dig In

As this issue of the SPECTATOR went to press the fate of Czechoslovakia was still being de- cided behind the closed doors of the village cinema of Cierna on the Tisa. The......

Portrait Of The Week

Pope Paul VI in an encyclical, Humane vitae, forbade every form of contraception and called upon secular authorities to make it illegal. His ruling, openly criticised by many......