Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

U.S. Population Moves Ever Closer to Zero Growth: A Depopulated Future

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | April 20, 2026 |

“The most serious duty of transmitting human life, for which married persons are the free and responsible collaborators of God the Creator, has always been a source of great joys to them, even if sometimes accompanied by not a few difficulties and by distress.” ― Pope St. Paul VI, Humanae vitae, no. 1 On April…

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Ending Abortion and the Anti-Life Agenda: A Battle for Hearts and Minds

By HLI Staff and Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | April 13, 2026 |

“It is impossible to further the common good without acknowledging and defending the right to life, upon which all the other inalienable rights of individuals are founded and from which they develop. A society lacks solid foundations when, on the one hand, it asserts values such as the dignity of the person, justice and peace,…

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