Pro-Life Commentary

Assisted Suicide Laws Fueling a Culture of Death

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / December 1, 2025 /

Attempts to legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia are underway in several countries around the world. This includes France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and Ireland. Unfortunately, the pro-death movement seems to be gaining a certain amount of momentum.  Just a few days ago, however, citizens of one country where lawmakers had already legalized assisted suicide pushed…

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The Rapid Collapse of Gender Ideology

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / November 24, 2025 /

In the past year or two, evidence has quickly been mounting that the gender insanity that swept over our culture in the past decade is in rapid retreat. The latest evidence comes from three different surveys. One survey of nearly 60,000 students from 250 of the top American universities, showed that the number of students…

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The Fight Against the Ideology of Designer Babies

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / November 17, 2025 /

“Genetic manipulation becomes arbitrary and unjust when it reduces life to an object, when it forgets that it is dealing with a human subject, capable of intelligence and freedom, worthy of respect whatever may be their limitations; or when it treats this person in terms of criteria not founded on the integral reality of the…

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The Moral Truth About IVF and Surrogacy

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / November 10, 2025 /

Earlier this summer, authorities raided a mansion in Arcadia, California. There they found 21 children, almost all of whom were born through surrogacy. Police say the case began in May, when a two-month-old infant was hospitalized with severe head injuries. A subsequent search of the couple’s home uncovered 15 children, with six more found in…

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Saints Inspire Us to Defend Human Dignity

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / November 3, 2025 /

“Life is like a voyage on the sea of history, often dark and stormy, a voyage in which we watch for the stars that indicate the route. The true stars of our life are the people who have lived good lives. They are lights of hope. …Jesus Christ is the true light, the sun that…

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China’s Birth Rate Crisis

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / October 27, 2025 /

A recent headline on an article published by the BBC is astonishing. “China offers parents $1,500 in bid to boost births,” it reads. Wait a minute. China’s Communist government is now paying for couples to have children? The same Communist Party that, for decades, enforced the most brutal population control regime on earth? It’s worth…

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AI Pornography and the Death of Real Love

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / October 20, 2025 /

“Those who produce and share AI-generated content should always exercise diligence in verifying the truth of what they disseminate and, in all cases, should ‘avoid the sharing of words and images that are degrading of human beings, that promote hatred and intolerance, that debase the goodness and intimacy of human sexuality or that exploit the…

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Why Abortion Is the Pre-eminent Moral Issue

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / October 13, 2025 /

“[T]he acknowledgment of the personal dignity of every human being demands the respect, the defense and the promotion of the rights of the human person. It is a question of inherent, universal and inviolable rights. No one, no individual, no group, no authority, no State, can change –let alone eliminate – them because such rights…

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Respect Life Month 2025: The Message of Evangelium Vitae

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / October 6, 2025 /

“As we begin Respect Life Month, together we embrace the words of Pope Leo XIV, ‘How important it is that each and every baptized person feel himself or herself called by God to be a sign of hope in the world today.’ Each of us is called to be a witness to the Gospel of…

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The Family’s Vital Role in Healing Society

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / October 1, 2025 /

“As the family goes, so goes the nation, and so goes the whole world in which we live.” ― Pope St. John Paul II As Pope Leo XIV settles into his new role as the Vicar of Christ, we find him repeatedly returning to certain themes. This, in turn, suggests that he views these issues…

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