L’arcivescovo Denis Hurley e <i>Humanae vitae</i> tra legge naturale e collegialità episcopale

This article explores the reactions of South African Archbishop Denis Hurley to the encyclical Humanae vitae (1968), with particular attention to the relationship between natural law and episcopal collegiality. Drawing on two letters addressed to Paul VI (1967 and 1969), Hurley criticizes both the absolute application of natural law and the pope’s solitary decision-making. He instead advocates for a greater role of conscience and collegiality as conditions for a more receivable magisterium, highlighting the interplay between the crisis of natural law’s persuasiveness and that of authority in the post-conciliar Church.