As president of Human Life International, Fr. Boquet is a leading expert on the international pro-life and family movement, having journeyed to nearly 90 countries on pro-life missions over the last decade. Father Boquet works with pro-life and family leaders in 116 counties that partner with HLI to proclaim and advance the Gospel of Life. Read his full bio here.

Pope Francis Raises Alarm About Transgender Madness

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / March 18, 2024 /
Standing Against Transgender Ideology

A few weeks ago, Pope Francis had some stark words to say about gender ideology. “Today,” the pope told attendees at a conference, “the worst danger is gender ideology, which cancels out differences.” The title of the conference that the Holy Father was addressing was “Man-Woman: Image of God. Towards an Anthropology of Vocations.” It…

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France Champions Abortion Amid Falling Birth Rates

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / March 11, 2024 /

“Be sober and vigilant. Your opponent the devil is prowling around like a roaring lion looking for [someone] to devour.” — 1 Peter 5:8 Last week, I shared with you some of the startling numbers showing that many affluent Western and Asian nations are facing a birth dearth that is likely to lead in some…

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Anti-Natalism Caused Demographic Time Bomb

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / March 4, 2024 /

“I wanted to publicize the dramatic fall in birth rates, especially in the developed countries. As you well know, about half the countries in the world, including all the developed countries in the world, now have a non-reproductive birthrate. Entire nations are dying out.” — Human Life International, Founder Fr. Paul Marx, 2000 Even those…

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Alabama’s Court Decision Sparks Debate Over Ethics of IVF

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 26, 2024 /
embryologist at a liquid nitrogen bank containing sperm and egg samples

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell A few days ago, the Alabama Supreme Court surprised the country by doing something that is all too rare in today’s culture, i.e. it spoke the truth. In a blockbuster 8-1 decision, the Court ruled that human embryos preserved cryogenically…

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Why Our World Needs the Good News of Marriage

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 19, 2024 /
cross with wedding rings

A few days ago, Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, Permanent Observer to the Mission of the Holy See to the United Nations, expressed his concern that “the family is increasingly downplayed or even denigrated in international fora.” Archbishop Caccia was addressing the 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development at the United Nations in New…

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Transgender Madness Threatens Children and Parents

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 12, 2024 /
Boy with gender dysphoria looking in mirror

Transgender activists are angry at the New York Times… again. A few days ago, the Times published a lengthy investigative article looking into the number of youths who have been medically or surgically “transitioned,” but who subsequently regretted their decision. Among the stories it recounts is that of Grace Powell, who began to question whether…

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Polyamory: An Attack on the Sanctity of Marriage

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 5, 2024 /

Sister Lucia, one of the three Fatima visionaries, famously told Cardinal Carlo Caffarra that the “final battle” between the kingdom of God and Satan would be over marriage and the family. We should not be surprised, then, that marriage has come under so many assaults in recent decades. This includes the explosion of no-fault divorce,…

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Pope Francis Troubled by Current Culture of Depopulation

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / January 29, 2024 /

Here’s the headline from a recent article in America Magazine: “Why Pope Francis is worried about declining birth rates.” The article was penned in response to recent remarks by Pope Francis to the Association for Subsidiarity and the Modernization of Local Authorities (ASMEL), in which the Holy Father expressed his concerns about the decreasing birth…

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March for Life: A Potent Expression of the Pro-Life Movement

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / January 22, 2024 /

When a group of activist U.S. Supreme Court Justices unilaterally legalized the killing of preborn children nationwide in 1973, they didn’t choose to release their decision in late January, during winter, as a challenge to test the resolve of pro-life activists. Presumably, the Justices thought that their decision (7-2), while likely to be greeted with…

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Pope Francis Calls for Surrogacy Ban, Affirms Human Dignity

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / January 15, 2024 /
surrogacy arrangement surrogate mother

Have you heard about the 62-year-old Australian woman who recently petitioned a court to be able to retrieve sperm from the body of her recently-deceased husband, in order to conceive a child, which will then be carried to birth by a surrogate? No, this is not from some dystopian sci-fi novel. An Australian court recently…

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