Spirit & Life

Weekly column from HLI President Fr. Shenan J. Boquet

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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The Family: The Solution to “Collectivism” and the Degradations of Radical Individualism

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet | January 19, 2026 |

“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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