Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

The Domestic Church: How Catholic Families Can Renew the World

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | August 11, 2025 |

“If you want to change the world, go home and love your family.”                        ― St. Teresa of Calcutta “I would remind married couples that marriage is not an ideal but the measure of true love between a man and a woman: a love that is total, faithful, and fruitful. This love makes you one…

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The Global Fertility Crisis

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | August 4, 2025 |

“Let us not forget: families are the cradle of the future of humanity.” ― Pope Leo XIV, Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly In recent years, birth rates all over the globe have been falling precipitously. The drop in birth rates has been especially dramatic in developed nations, many of which fell far…

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