“Even when not motivated by a selfish refusal to be burdened with the life of someone who is suffering, euthanasia must be called a false mercy, and indeed a disturbing ‘perversion’ of mercy. True ‘compassion’ leads to sharing another's pain; it does not kill the person whose suffering we cannot [...]
“Laws which authorize and promote abortion and euthanasia are...radically opposed not only to the good of the individual but also to the common good; as such they are completely lacking in authentic juridical validity. Disregard for the right to life, precisely because it leads to the killing of the person [...]
There are some attacks on human dignity that are so egregious that, to the extent that they are defended by a society, they preclude that society from claiming to be “just.” Abortion is one such attack. The very concept of human rights is meaningless if among those rights is not [...]
Justice Antonin Scalia was one of the most brilliant, influential, and fascinating Supreme Court justices in recent history. A faithful Catholic, he was the father of nine children, one of whom is now serving as a priest in the Arlington diocese. Not only was Scalia Catholic, but he was willing [...]
In this week's Spirit & Life, Fr. Boquet announces that HLI is relaunching the St. Michael the Archangel Prayer Campaign. You can join the battle in defense of life and family when you pledge to say the St. Michael prayer daily. "The final battle between the Lord and the reign [...]
Last week, I wrote about how the success of the obscene new “song” WAP by Cardi-B has exposed the near-total inversion of truth and moral values in our culture. While the song objectifies women in the worst way, and features lyrics so obscene and pornographic that they beggar belief, it [...]
Pornification of Our Culture, Sexual Grooming, and the Truth about Freedom [T]he law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. ─ Romans 8:2 Parents, pay attention to what your children are listening to. That is the first lesson [...]
This loss of the sense of faith is the deep root of the crisis of civilization that we are experiencing. As in the first centuries of Christianity, when the Roman Empire was collapsing, all human institutions today seem to be on the path of decadence. Relations between people, whether political, [...]
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? ─ Psalm 27:1 “Be not afraid!” Several times in the Bible these words are spoken either by Christ to His disciples, or by angels [...]
Over at First Things last week, Prof. Robert George published a clever thought experiment. Prof. George, in case you don’t know, is one of the rarest of specimens these days – an openly and proudly pro-life, pro-family, and faithfully Catholic faculty member at an Ivy League university, in this case [...]
