[On married love] This love is above all fully human, a compound of sense and spirit. It is not, then, merely a question of natural instinct or emotional drive. It is also, and above all, an act of the free will, whose trust is such that it is meant not only to survive the joys and sorrows of daily life, but also to grow, so that husband and wife become in a way one heart and one soul, and together attain their human fulfillment. It is a love which is total—that very special form of personal friendship in which husband and wife generously share everything, allowing no unreasonable exceptions and not thinking solely of their own convenience. Whoever really loves his partner loves not only for what he receives, but loves that partner for the partner's own sake, content to be able to enrich the other with the gift of himself.

For this reason Paul VI teaches in the first sentence of Humanae Vitae that the transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator. On 28 March with Pontificalis Domus and in several additional Apostolic Constitutions in the following years he revamped the entire Curia which included reduction of bureaucracy streamlining of existing congregations and a broader representation of non-Italians in the curial positions. The declaration did not end the schism but showed a desire for greater reconciliation between the two churches.

and the advent of the contraceptive pill. While in the Secretariat of State Montini and Domenico Tardini were considered as the closest and most influential co-workers of Pope Pius XII who in 1954 named him Archbishop of Milan the largest Italian diocese while not naming Montini a cardinal a designation that traditionally accompanies the position; Montini automatically became Secretary of the Italian Bishops Conference. The magnitude and depth of the reforms affecting all areas of Church life during his pontificate exceeded similar reform policies of his predecessors and successors.