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Catholic Bioethics and the Moral Treatment of Human Beings

By Susan Ciancio / June 25, 2021 /
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…But the Church teaches that IVF is immoral. Why? There are several reasons. First, the Church teaches that children have the right to be created through love within the marital…

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May Catholics Get the COVID Vaccine?

By Susan Ciancio / December 8, 2021 /
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…That is why we must look to the Church for an answer to this dilemma.       The Church’s Position on Aborted Fetal Cell Lines The Catechism of the

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Family and the Theology of the Body

By Susan Ciancio / December 29, 2021 /
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the husband is head of his wife just as Christ is head of the church, he himself the savior of the body. As the church is subordinate to Christ, so…

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Assisted Reproductive Technologies: A Catholic Perspective

By Susan Ciancio / May 6, 2022 /
couple at a consultation for infertility treatment

…have a baby. For all those facing infertility, please know that the Church hears and understands your pain. The Church does not want you to suffer or hurt, but she…

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Pope Francis on NFP and Birth Rates

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / May 15, 2023 /
Pope Francis on NFP and Birth Rates

…recent weeks, Our Holy Father has captured global headlines twice with remarks highlighting the beauty of the Catholic Church’s teachings on sexuality, and how that teaching is necessary to combat…

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Saving Lives Through Adoption

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

church Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo. The Church’s anthropology—i.e., the understanding of human nature and the human person—is not solely the product of natural human reason. It is one…

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The Fundamental Role of Parents

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

…Education The Catholic Church in the United States has a long and rich history, dating back to the arrival of Catholic missionaries in the 16th and 17th centuries. The first…

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The Day of the Unborn Child: The Incomparable Value of Every Human Life

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

…women, but also for the whole Church. “Mary is a living word of comfort for the Church in her struggle against death,” he wrote in Evangelium vitae. “Showing us the

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Habemus Papam: We Have a New Pope

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / May 12, 2025 /

…cause the cardinals to shy away from bestowing the highest office of the Catholic Church on an American. On this, too, the Vatican experts proved incorrect. Of course, the citizenship…

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Culture of Death Advances in UK

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 14, 2025 /

…it should be these MPs! After all the Catechism of the Catholic Church could not be any clearer on this issue. “Since the first century the Church has affirmed the

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