Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

A Booming Fertility Industry and its Objectification of Children

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | December 29, 2025 |

Two major reports this week have drawn attention to the horrors of the commercial surrogacy industry. On Dec. 13, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published an exposé on Chinese videogame billionaire Xu Bo, who has allegedly fathered more than 100 children using the services of paid surrogates. Bo has done this not in one of…

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Christmas 2025 Reflection: The Incarnation and the Dignity of the Human Person

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | December 22, 2025 |

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” ― John 1:1, 14 With these words…

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