Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

Why are Fewer Teens Identifying as LGBT?

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | October 26, 2026 |

According to a new analysis of government survey data, the number of American teenage girls who say they are lesbian or bisexual has dropped sharply over the past few years. In fact, the decline has been so steep that the Washington Post recently ran a headline announcing that the number of teens who identify as…

Euthanizing a Toddler: The Consequences of Devaluing Human Life

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | October 19, 2026 |

Late last year, in a hospital in the Netherlands, a doctor ended the life of a child who was almost two years old. The child had been born at 26 weeks with severe brain damage. He was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a severe visual impairment, and a form of infant epilepsy that brought on seizures…