Spirit & Life Blog

It is painful to note that under the pretext of guaranteeing presumed subjective rights, a growing number of legal systems in our world seem to be moving away from their inalienable duty to protect human life at every one of its phases. ― Pope Francis In a huge victory, the Chilean people have overwhelmingly rejected…

Imagine for a moment that there was a serial killer who over the space of decades murdered hundreds of victims without being caught. Imagine that he mutilated and maimed many others. Imagine, too, that his mind was so twisted that he took photos of his victims, and even kept their bodies or body parts preserved…

Intentional euthanasia, whatever its forms or motives, is murder. ― Catechism of the Catholic Church, no. 2324 In the face of the terrible suffering that can be caused by illnesses or depression, a truly human response should be to care, not to kill. ― Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Submission to the Expert Panel on…

Two contrasting stories from the past few weeks illustrate the stakes of the battle that is being waged right now over the issue of gender dysphoria, and in particular its huge impact on a generation of vulnerable children. One story is deeply disturbing, showing the perverse lengths to which certain ideologues and “medical experts” are…

Pornography presents and promotes a distorted view of human sexuality, in which the person portrayed, man or woman, is treated as merely a means of pleasure.… Their dignity is abused as they are used for others’ pleasure and profit.… It rejects the equal dignity and complementarity between man and woman and strikes at the heart…

In a major disappointment to pro-life advocates, Kansans voted a few days ago to reject a pro-life amendment that would have made clear that abortion is not protected in the state’s Constitution. The amendment would have added the following language to the state Constitution, “Because Kansans value both women and children, the Constitution of the…

In those situations where homosexual unions have been legally recognized or have been given the legal status and rights belonging to marriage, clear and emphatic opposition is a duty. One must refrain from any kind of formal cooperation in the enactment or application of such gravely unjust laws and, as far as possible, from material…

The conjugal act by which the couple mutually express their self-gift at the same time expresses openness to the gift of life. It is an act that is inseparably corporal and spiritual. It is in their bodies and through their bodies that the spouses consummate their marriage and are able to become father and mother.…

With Roe gone and abortion already illegal, or set to become illegal, in numerous states, you can expect abortion activists and pro-abortion media to go into overdrive spreading propaganda, trying to make the case that abortion is often “necessary” to preserve the life or health of the mother. By now, we know the tactics all…

In seeking the deepest roots of the struggle between the culture of life and the culture of death … we have to go to the heart of the tragedy being experienced by modern man: the eclipse of the sense of God and of man, typical of a social and cultural climate dominated by secularism. ―…