Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

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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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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