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Our Duty to Serve Human Dignity

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / December 2, 2024 /

…His image” (Veritatis splendor, no 80). According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church: The morality of human acts depends on: the object chosen; the end in view or the

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Why We Must Actively Defend the Sacredness of Human Life

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

Church, no. 553). And though “Catholics may choose different ways to respond to compelling social problems,” say the U.S. Bishops, “we cannot differ on our moral obligation to help build…

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The Consequences of Rejecting God

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / March 31, 2025 /

…of Jesus as good shepherd by Josef Kastner 1906 – 1911 in Carmelites church in Dobling. Going through the gate, in other words, is not restrictive, it is the only…

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Rerum Novarum Explained: Catholic Social Teaching

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / June 5, 2025 /

…recent election of Pope Leo XIV, who invoked Rerum Novarum in his very first address, we explore what this could mean for the Church’s engagement with urgent modern issues: demographic…

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Catholic Men on Their Knees Move Global Masculinity on a Forward Trajectory

By HLI Staff / May 3, 2024 / Comments Off on Catholic Men on Their Knees Move Global Masculinity on a Forward Trajectory

…within those bounds, the whole mess that we see in society is cleared up.” That return to Church teaching is part of what the Men’s Rosary prays for. The Men’s…

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Has Feminism Unseated Chivalry?

By Susan Ciancio / September 23, 2019 /
lady and knight

…whole nations. Jenny Uebbing, a writer for Catholic News Agency, articulated the Catholic Church’s vision beautifully when she wrote: “When I speak of Catholic feminism, what I mean is a…

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India’s Femicide by the Tens of Millions Reveals Abortion’s Hatred of Women

By Fr. Mark Hodges / October 3, 2019 /
Indian mother with baby

the world. The Catholic Church sees persons—made in the image of God, each with potential to build communities and change the world for the better in just societies based on…

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The Difference One Racist Made: Margaret Sanger’s World

By Susan Ciancio / October 20, 2019 /

…to eliminate ‘lesser’ humans. The whole bunch, of course, participated in continuous vicious attacks on the Catholic Church…. The malignant influence of Sanger and similar thinkers not only has ruined…

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Novena for Pregnancy and Motherhood

By Susan Ciancio / January 23, 2024 /
Pregnancy Child Birth Baby Mother Maternity Bebe

…walk to daily Mass. On the way, he encountered the Blessed Virgin Mary, who sent him on a very important mission—to ask the local bishop to build a church for…

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Shut Down the Pornography Industry

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / December 16, 2019 /

Confronting the Scourge The Catechism of the Catholic Church advocates what I would consider basic common sense when it urges civil authorities to stop the proliferation of porn. Pornography, says…

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