Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

Family First: Pope Leo XIV’s Mission

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | June 9, 2025 |

“We have the family, the ‘society’ of a man’s house — a society very small, one must admit, but none the less a true society, and one older than any State. Consequently, it has rights and duties peculiar to itself which are quite independent of the State.” ― Pope Leo XIII, Rerum novarum It has…

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Marriage and the Family: God’s Remedy to the Culture of Death

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | January 5, 2026 |

“The Family Remains the Privileged Locus of a Culture of Life” Christmas is, I think it is fair to say, one of the most beautiful of all the liturgical celebrations of the year. Whether or not it is the greatest is sometimes a cause for debate. Many a theologian will argue that Easter trumps Christmas.…

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