About the Author
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.
A few weeks ago, in a courtroom near Seattle, a young woman stood up and described what life was like inside what local media have dubbed the “OnlyFans House.” “I watched manipulation become normal,” she told the court. “I watched violence become normal. I watched controlling women become normal.” And then: “I will never forget…
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“The Christian family, which is truly a ‘domestic Church,’ has always offered and continues to offer favorable conditions for the birth of vocations. Since the reality of the Christian family is endangered nowadays, much importance should be given to pastoral work on behalf of the family, in order that the families themselves, generously accepting the…
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On Wednesday, July 15, France’s National Assembly voted 291 to 241 to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. The vote follows a years-long, often-contentious debate, in which proposed laws were repeatedly rejected by both chambers of the legislature. The new law permits an adult to request death if he or she is a French citizen or…
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Is the world facing an existentially threatening crisis of overpopulation? Until a few years ago, practically every major Western politician, institution, and media outlet was in lockstep. Yes, the world was overpopulated. And it was only going to get worse, with consequences including ecological disaster, warfare, famine, hunger, and poverty. As I have pointed out…
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Earlier this month, on July 4, the United States celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the document that proclaims respect for the God-given right to life as a foundational principle upon which this great nation is founded. But as Americans gathered for fireworks and parades, something else happened that day, with far…
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“Civil society and States also have a responsibility to respond concretely to situations of vulnerability, offering solutions to human suffering, such as palliative care, and promoting policies of authentic solidarity, rather than encouraging deceptive forms of compassion such as euthanasia.” ― Pope Leo XIV, January 9, 2026, Address to the Diplomatic Corps On Wednesday, June…
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“By creating the human being man and woman, God gives personal dignity equally to the one and the other. Each of them, man and woman, should acknowledge and accept his sexual identity.” ― Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2393 On the last working day of its session this month, the New York State Legislature…
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“Genetic manipulation becomes arbitrary and unjust when it reduces life to an object, when it forgets that it is dealing with a human subject, capable of intelligence and freedom, worthy of respect whatever may be their limitations; or when it treats this person in terms of criteria not founded on the integral reality of the…
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A few weeks ago, YouTube “influencers” Jesse Ridgway and his wife Ashley announced to their four million subscribers that they were expecting their first child, due in the fall. They filmed a gender reveal. They posted ultrasound photos. In an earlier video, Jesse had told his audience that he was ready for whatever came. “I…
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Learning to Be Men: Why Young Men Need Present Fathers
Earlier this month, the Institute for Family Studies (IFS) published a survey of two thousand American men between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine. The results are a resounding affirmation of the problem I began to delineate in last week’s column, i.e. a crisis of masculinity that is pushing men into the orbit of toxic,…
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