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Hope After Abortion: Nigerian Woman Has Abortion, Finds God

By Marisa Cantu / December 26, 2023 /

A woman from Nigeria returned to God thanks to a seminarian at a March for Life sponsored by HLI. Chibudom’s parents divorced when she was still in school. Chibudom lived with her mother, and the divorce was difficult economically on the family. Her mother resorted to petty trading to provide for Chibudom and her sibling.…

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EU Rules Poland Abortion Laws “Violation of Human Rights”

By Marisa Cantu / January 2, 2024 /
"my body my choice" in polish and mandarin to protest poland abortion laws

In 2020, Poland passed legislation that banned abortion performed on “eugenic grounds,” such as in cases of fetal anomalies or birth defects. Poland currently has some of the strictest abortion laws in the EU, making it a prime target for pro-abortionists. Poland’s 2020 legislation came to the public’s attention when a woman, referred to as…

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Euthanasia in Ecuador?

By Marisa Cantu / January 5, 2024 /

Update 02/08/2024 Ecuador’s high court decriminalized euthanasia as a result of Roldán’s lawsuit. Doctors cannot be prosecuted for homicide if they assist in a patient’s death for the sake of a “dignified life.” The court ruling stated: “Therefore, after carrying out an examination, it concludes that life admits exceptions to its inviolability when it seeks…

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HLI’s Adoption Program Brings Hope

By Marisa Cantu / January 10, 2024 /

Dr. Imre Téglásy, Director of HLI Hungary, is an abortion survivor. His father was a major in WWII. When communism took over Hungary, Imre’s family was kicked out of Budapest and pushed into the plains (puszta) of Hungary, registered as “class enemies.” They were not allowed to leave the puszta. His father struggled to find…

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Surrogacy Ethics: What Did Pope Francis Say?

By Marisa Cantu / January 15, 2024 /
man handing cash

Pope Francis has recently spoken about surrogacy, saying: In this regard, I deem deplorable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs. A child is always a gift and never the basis…

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First Catholic Pro-Life Center Just Opened in Belarus

By Marisa Cantu / January 22, 2024 /

A pro-life center has just opened up in Belarus! Director of Open Hearts Foundation is happy to announce Life Center, which opened in December 2023 in Mogilev, Belarus. The center holds meetings and seminars for people from all walks of life, showing them how they can choose life in any circumstance. They teach students how…

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HLI Nigeria Helps 8 Couples Get Married

By Marisa Cantu / February 1, 2024 /
8 cohabiting couples in nigeria got married

HLI Nigeria has just helped 8 couples at St. James Chaplaincy Ndiorah practice chastity and get married. These 8 couples had been cohabiting; some even had cohabitated for more than 17 years! HLI Nigeria offered marriage preparatory materials to these couples, who then lived apart while going through marriage prep. The program culminated in the…

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Canada MAID Mental Illness Expansion Delayed

By Marisa Cantu / February 9, 2024 /

Canada has delayed the impending change to their euthanasia laws that would have expanded euthanasia to those whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness. We recently reported that this expansion was set to take effect in March of 2024 after being delayed from March of 2023. Last week, Canada delayed the expansion once again…

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Stories of Hope from Our Mission Field

By Marisa Cantu / February 21, 2024 /
Mwajuma and Julieth

Mwajuma Kabati of Tanzania was suffering immensely. She civilly married in 2016 at the age of 24, but her marriage only lasted for 4 years. The reason? She was unable to bear children. In Tanzania, infertility brings derision, mockery, and social isolation, and sometimes even beatings from the husband. This, unfortunately, was the case with…

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France Enshrines “Right” to Abortion in Constitution

By Marisa Cantu / March 7, 2024 /

Centuries ago, France became the first nation after the fall of the Roman Empire to have Catholicism as the state religion when its monarch was baptized in 496 (thus receiving the nickname the “eldest daughter of the church”). But the nation has tragically moved far away from its Catholic heritage since. It has now become…

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