Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

Humanae Vitae Today

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | July 28, 2025 |

Few encyclicals in the history of the Church have caused more controversy than Humanae vitae, published on July 25, 1968 by Pope St. Paul VI. The central purpose of Humanae vitae is easily summarized and is well-known by many. In brief, it reiterates the long-standing Catholic and Christian belief in God’s plan for married love…

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Pushing Back Against the Extremism of the Gender Idealogues

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | February 23, 2026 |

Isadora Borges is a 34-year-old veterinary student from Paraíba, Brazil. She is not a politician, a lobbyist, or the leader of any protest movement. She is simply a young woman who, in November 2020, posted two comments on X stating what the vast majority of human beings have always understood: that a person born male…

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