The Feast of the Holy Innocents and the Feast of the Holy Family are back-to-back this coming weekend. In one, we lament the cruelty of King Herod, who felt so threatened by Baby Jesus that he ordered all the boys under the age of two in Bethlehem and its vicinity [...]
Hello Family! I’m Fr. Shenan Boquet, President of Human Life International. I would like to extend to you and your family a very blessed and happy New Year. It is hard to believe the year 2019 is past, and a new year dawns upon us. As I reflect over [...]
Photo by Hyttalo Souza Vaccines are in the news these days, but many Americans are up in arms: Some say vaccines injured or killed their children, Many are horrified that some vaccines are made with cell lines from aborted babies, and Some want to abolish government mandates that deny [...]
“To evangelize means: to show this path – to teach the art of living ... This is why we are in need of a new evangelization – if the art of living remains an unknown, nothing else works. But this art is not the object of a science – this [...]
Christmas’ Gift and the Dignity of the Human Person “When people begin to ignore human dignity, it will not be long before they begin to ignore human rights.” – G.K. Chesterton Among G.K. Chesterton’s many brilliant aphorisms is the following: “There is a law written in the darkest of the [...]
On this Christmas day, I am reminded of the Gospel of John, when in Chapter 3, verse 16 St. John says, “God so loved the world that he gave his only son.” Today my dear friends, we celebrate a feast of love, and how love first entered human history. [...]
Confronting the Scourge The Catechism of the Catholic Church advocates what I would consider basic common sense when it urges civil authorities to stop the proliferation of porn. Pornography, says the Catechism, is a “grave offense” that “does grave injury to the dignity of its participants (actors, vendors, the public), [...]
Chick-fil-A has Caved, and Here’s Why that Matters As you’ve probably heard by now, Chick-fil-A recently announced that they would no longer donate to The Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). And, like me, you’re probably asking yourself: what was Chick-fil-A thinking? Photo cropped: original by [...]
Agreed: Condoms Do Not Prevent AIDS Proliferation On Saturday the Catholic Diocese of Alotau, in Papua New Guinea, celebrated World HIV AIDS Day today, a day ahead of its actual celebration on 1st Dec. As a shepherd of souls for a diocese containing only 24 priests responsible for over 54,000 [...]
If there is anything we have learned these past two decades, it is that pro-life activists ignore what goes on at the United Nations (UN) at their peril. This message was driven home yet again at the ICPD25 Summit, held in Nairobi from Nov. 12-14. African pro-life activists say they [...]
