Posts Tagged ‘Asia and Oceania’
A Pro-Life Warrior and Everyday Hero
Here is a hypothetical question for you: What would you do if your government said they would pay you to promote the culture of death? Well, this actually happened to someone I know very well. Let me introduce you to Dr. Rene Bullecer — HLI’s country director in the Philippines. He is a faithful Catholic…
Read MorePapua New Guinea Diocese Marks World AIDS Day the Catholic Way
Agreed: Condoms Do Not Prevent AIDS Proliferation On Saturday the Catholic Diocese of Alotau, in Papua New Guinea, celebrated World HIV AIDS Day today, a day ahead of its actual celebration on 1st Dec. As a shepherd of souls for a diocese containing only 24 priests responsible for over 54,000 Catholics, Bishop Roland Santos gave…
Read MoreSri Lanka and Martyrdom
Amidst Suffering, Martyrs Shine Like Sparks through Rubble At 8:45am on Easter Sunday, about 1000 Catholics were gathered to celebrate the resurrection of our Lord at St. Anthony’s Shrine in Colombo, Sri Lanka. That’s when the suicide bomber detonated his bomb. The explosion ripped through the church, killing dozens and injuring countless more. Many of…
Read MoreHLI Goa Holds 63rd Pro-Life Retreat
HLI Goa is an inspiration, holding one event after another throughout the year. Among the great many hosted by HLI’s Indian affiliate annually, 60 persons of all ages just finished attending its latest pro-life retreat. Talks were given by Francisco Xavier, Fr. Jose OFM, Cap. and HLI affiliate head Milagres Pereira. Unfamiliar with retreats? Filled…
Read MoreThere are Setbacks, but the Church Continues… Be Not Afraid
Mission to Mongolia “Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature.” (Mark 16:15) “Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.” (Matthew 28:18) These words of the Divine Master are exemplified in the energy,…
Read MoreThe Fourth Prophesy of “Humanae Vitae:” When Self-Mastery is Rejected
Note: Father Boquet’s series in all parts may be accessed here. “Birth Control is a name given to a succession of different expedients by which it is possible to filch the pleasure belonging to a natural process while violently and unnaturally thwarting the process itself.” — G.K. Chesterton “Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether…
Read MoreChina’s Disastrous One Child Policy Wants You to Think it Changed – It Didn’t
Population Control Presages Catastrophic Consequences “[C]areful consideration should be given to the danger of this power passing into the hands of those public authorities who care little for the precepts of the moral law. Who will blame a government which in its attempt to resolve the problems affecting an entire country resorts to the same…
Read MoreAsia-Pacific Congress on Faith, Life and Family (ASPAC) Concludes
ASPAC Bangkok an Overwhelming Success ASPAC, Asia’s largest pro-life conference sponsored by Human Life International (HLI), has just concluded to great fanfare in Bangkok, Thailand. Held every two years, ASPAC Bangkok 2017 registrants hailed from 21 nations around the world, Malaysia to Kazakhstan, Croatia to India. This year’s theme was: “Put Out Into the Deep: Defending…
Read MoreThe “Threat” of the Cultural Revolution and Why It Matters
Speech from ASPAC 2017 (Bangkok, Thailand) Binary Sexuality and Gender Ideology This semester, I am teaching a course on Gender and Transhumanism. Why the two themes? Essentially, it is because confusion in Gender is part of the larger transhumanist project, so I begin the course with a simple topic, man as the image of…
Read MoreHLI Mourns Loss of Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal
Cardinal Vidal Dies After Receiving Sacraments of the Church With great sadness Human Life International (HLI) mourns the loss of His Eminence, Ricardo Jamin Cardinal Vidal, Archbishop Emeritus of Cebu, of the Philippines. A beloved HLI Episcopal Advisor since 1994, he was a remarkable witness for Life and Family and a great supporter of our…
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