Catholic Faith & Culture
Throughout the Western world today, perverse sexual education is entrenched in public and private school systems, making it extremely difficult for parents to navigate a way to share the wholesome truth with their children while protecting them from hedonistic ideologies. Father Shenan Boquet discusses the Church’s advice for protecting children and keeping them safe from…
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In this episode of the Living a Culture of Life podcast, HLI’s Rome-based European Director, Father Francesco Giordano, weaves together Saint Joseph, rich theological discussion, and the fight to defend life and family. Learn about the influence of this great saint, patron of the universal Church and of fatherhood.
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Recent years in the Church have seen laity, priests, and even high-ranking prelates more and more open to voicing heretical opinions at odds with Church teaching. Father Shenan Boquet offers the long-suffering faithful guidance on how to evade such errors and do their best to combat them in charity and humility. Resources: Catechism…
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Modern society is based on a set of assumptions about the human person that are incompatible with Christianity; utilitarian output is valued in a world where every individual fends for himself. Father Shenan Boquet explodes the false suppositions of the post-Christian culture and reaffirms the truth of the human person in the Catholic view of…
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Ever-decreasing birthrates around the world, and especially in Western and developed countries, match up with depressing poll results on couples’ desires and intentions to have children. Father Shenan Boquet discusses what is ailing our culture, why fewer and fewer people want children, and how, despite this, children are an immense source of meaning in the…
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In part two of our series on contraception, Father Shenan Boquet shifts the conversation to Catholics who don’t agree with the Church’s perennial teaching. Some disagree knowingly, while many are simply ignorant or confused. In a contraception-soaked culture, Father Boquet shows how only the Catholic teaching can preserve marriages and lead to fruitful, happy, and…
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The Catholic Church’s opposition to contraception is well known, and many Christian denominations used to share this view. Now few do; what changed? Father Shenan Boquet discusses the Church’s perennial teaching on marital love and why it is so important to promote, including among Christians who might not see eye-to-eye.
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Catholic Politicians, Scandal, and Communion: When Bishops Have No Further Recourse
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco recently announced that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is not to be given Holy Communion until she publicly recants her positions that oppose Church teaching, specifically regarding abortion. Father Shenan Boquet discusses what preceded this rare step, why it is important, and what the principles surrounding this decision…
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