Spirit & Life
Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet
“The socialists, therefore, in setting aside the parent and setting up a State supervision, act against natural justice, and destroy the structure of the home.” ― Pope Leo XIII, Rerum novarum, no. 14 On January 1, New York’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, was inaugurated. Mamdani has repeatedly described himself as a “democratic socialist,” and in…
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The Death Spiral Continues: France Legalizes Euthanasia
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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