Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

The Global Fertility Crisis

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | August 4, 2025 |

“Let us not forget: families are the cradle of the future of humanity.” ― Pope Leo XIV, Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents, and the Elderly In recent years, birth rates all over the globe have been falling precipitously. The drop in birth rates has been especially dramatic in developed nations, many of which fell far…

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Affirmation Is Not Compassion: Lessons from the Tumbler Ridge Shooting

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | February 16, 2026 |

Mass shootings in Canada are extremely rare. Thus, it was with a sense of horrified disbelief that Canadians received the news that an active shooter had invaded a school in the small community of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, last week. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), police first received an alert about an…

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