Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

Transgender Dysphoria, Medicine, and True Care: Correcting an Ideological Project Gone Bad

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | May 4, 2026 |

Dr. Karine Khatchadourian is a Canadian pediatric endocrinologist. Over the past twelve years, by her own estimate, she has cared for somewhere between 250 and 300 children who say they are “transgender.” She is the lead author on the first Canadian study, published back in 2014, of how to medically “treat” gender dysphoria in youth,…

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Canada’s Euthanasia Regime: Efficiency and Death vs. True Compassion and Dignity

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | April 27, 2026 |

“Euthanasia is a false solution to the drama of suffering, a solution that is not worthy of man. The real answer cannot be, in fact, to give death, as ‘gentle’ as this may be, but to testify to the love that helps us to face pain and agony in a humane way.” ― Pope Benedict…

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