Marriage and Family

Transgender Studies Bringing Pro-Trans Narrative Into Question

By Marisa Cantu / April 22, 2024 /

A recent 15-year study from the Netherlands conducted by researchers at the University of Groningen found that most children who struggle with gender dysphoria grow out of it by the time they reach adulthood. The study followed more than 2,700 persons from their preteen years into their mid-twenties. Over the 15 years, the researchers would…

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Fr. Matthieu Raffray Being Investigated for Speaking Truth

By Marisa Cantu / April 11, 2024 /

The French government is coming after a Catholic priest for speaking canonical truths. Father Matthieu Raffray from France released a video on Instagram last month. In the video, he encourages watchers to fight against their weaknesses and sinful inclinations. He uses homosexuality as an example among others, saying that same-sex attraction is a weakness that…

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HLI Rwanda Isn’t Backing Down From Anti-Life Challenges

By Marisa Cantu / March 28, 2024 /

HLI Rwanda is continuing to educate youth about the dangerous effects that masturbation, fornication, pornography, and homosexuality have on one’s life, and leading the charge is the director of HLI Rwanda, Aloys. He teaches participants how life is a gift from God, that sex is a powerful and intimate expression of true love meant to…

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WPATH Files Show Startling Truths About Transgenderism

By Marisa Cantu / March 22, 2024 /

Transgenderism is not strictly a “private issue” without any negative ramifications for anyone else. Some may try to claim that if someone chooses to “transition,” they are not “hurting anyone,” and therefore that person should be allowed to do so. But common sense tells us this is far from the truth. Such a radical and…

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Pope Francis Raises Alarm About Transgender Madness

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / March 18, 2024 /
Standing Against Transgender Ideology

A few weeks ago, Pope Francis had some stark words to say about gender ideology. “Today,” the pope told attendees at a conference, “the worst danger is gender ideology, which cancels out differences.” The title of the conference that the Holy Father was addressing was “Man-Woman: Image of God. Towards an Anthropology of Vocations.” It…

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Forced Sterilization for Inuit Women and Disabled Women

By Marisa Cantu / March 14, 2024 /

143 Inuit women in Greenland are suing Denmark over forced and non-consensual contraceptive implants in the 1960s and 1970s. According to these women, the Danish government allegedly had a program that aimed to decrease the population via forced sterilization. At the hands of “healthcare professionals,” these women had coil implants inserted (a type of contraceptive…

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Alabama’s Court Decision Sparks Debate Over Ethics of IVF

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 26, 2024 /
embryologist at a liquid nitrogen bank containing sperm and egg samples

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell A few days ago, the Alabama Supreme Court surprised the country by doing something that is all too rare in today’s culture, i.e. it spoke the truth. In a blockbuster 8-1 decision, the Court ruled that human embryos preserved cryogenically…

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Stories of Hope from Our Mission Field

By Marisa Cantu / February 21, 2024 /
Mwajuma and Julieth

Mwajuma Kabati of Tanzania was suffering immensely. She civilly married in 2016 at the age of 24, but her marriage only lasted for 4 years. The reason? She was unable to bear children. In Tanzania, infertility brings derision, mockery, and social isolation, and sometimes even beatings from the husband. This, unfortunately, was the case with…

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Why Our World Needs the Good News of Marriage

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 19, 2024 /
cross with wedding rings

A few days ago, Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Permanent Observer to the Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, expressed his concern that “the family is increasingly downplayed or even denigrated in international fora.” Archbishop Caccia was addressing the 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development at the United Nations in New…

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Transgender Madness Threatens Children and Parents

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 12, 2024 /
Boy with gender dysphoria looking in mirror

Transgender activists are angry at the New York Times… again. A few days ago, the Times published a lengthy investigative article looking into the number of youths who have been medically or surgically “transitioned,” but who subsequently regretted their decision. Among the stories it recounts is that of Grace Powell, who began to question whether…

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