Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

Brigitte Stegemann and the Dark Reality of MAiD in Canada

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | September 28, 2026 |

“The Church is convinced of the necessity to reaffirm as definitive teaching that euthanasia is a crime against human life because, in this act, one chooses directly to cause the death of another innocent human being.” ― Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Samaritanus Bonus, 2020 Brigitte Stegemann was an 83-year-old mother of two,…

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The Price of Development: The Resistance of the Global South Against Ideological Colonialism

By Luis Martinez-Guzman, Esq. | September 25, 2026 |

On paper, international cooperation serves to drive development. In harsh reality, it often becomes an instrument of extortion. We are seeing this today, in these early weeks of October and heading toward the end of the year, as the diplomatic machinery steps on the gas. During these days, the committees and sessions of the OACPS-EU…

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