Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

Midterm Elections Reveal a Failure to Win Hearts and Minds

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | November 9, 2026 |

“Democracy cannot be idolized to the point of making it a substitute for morality or a panacea for immorality. … But the value of democracy stands or falls with the values which it embodies and promotes.” ― Pope St. John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae, no. 70 Last Tuesday, November 3, American voters handed the Democratic…

An Epochal Change: Why the Family Matters in Passing on the Faith

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | November 2, 2026 |

“Our first catechists are our parents: those who first spoke to us and taught us to speak. Just as we learned our mother tongue, so too the proclamation of the faith cannot be delegated to someone else; it happens where we live, above all in our homes, around the family table.” ― Pope Leo XIV,…