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THE COUP AT CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY: THE 1968 REVOLUTION IN AMERICAN CATHOLIC EDUCATION Book Type_Saints larger format1968 witnessed perhaps the greatest revolution in the history of the Catholic Church in the United States. It was led by Fr. Charles Curran, professor of theology, at the Catholic University of America (CUA) in Washington DC. More than 500 theologians signed a "Statement of Dissent" that declared Catholics were not bound in conscience to follow the Church's teaching in the encyclical of Pope Paul VI, Humanae Vitae. The encyclical declared that