Edited sentence: His encyclical On Human Life, which reaffirmed the Church's ban on birth control, was met with a storm of indignation, even within his own Church...HELLO.Pope Paul VI was a troubled figure who angered both traditionalists and liberals.Reviled by traditionalists for implementing the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, he was also a lightning rod for liberals for not changing the Church's position on priestly celibacy, birth control, and the ordination of women