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The Second Prophecy of Humanae Vitae: A “General Lowering of Moral Standards”

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / June 18, 2018 /
wedding rings on a bible

…underlying design. For that reason, the technological triumph is only apparent, a meaningless victory. To those who were urging the pope to “change” the Church’s teaching on contraception, the pope…

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True Unity of a Human Person Defies All “Gender” Ideology

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / June 19, 2018 /
Creation of Adam by Michelangelo

…even by the Church herself as the “substantial form” of the human body. This means that the soul is a spiritual vital principle that informs a body, thus making it…

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The Fourth Prophecy of Humanae Vitae: When Self-Mastery is Rejected

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / July 2, 2018 /
wedding rings on a bible

…violate this order carries with it unforeseen consequences. Some people, observed the pope, oppose the Church’s position against artificial birth control by arguing “that human intelligence has both the right…

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Protecting Families, Children and Society from a Pornographic Culture

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / August 14, 2023 /
Protecting Families, Children and Society from a Porn Culture

…society is coming around to the wisdom that has long been contained in the teaching of the Catholic Church. On the issue of pornography, the Catechism of the Catholic Church

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5 Facts about Altruistic Surrogacy

By HLI Staff / February 4, 2019 /

…are many moral issues that make artificial insemination and fertilization areas of serious concern to the Church. Adoption is the usual option the Church would encourage for infertile couples who…

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Donald Tusk: Poland to Accept Same Sex “Marriages?”

By HLI Staff / February 6, 2024 /
polish parliament

…and declare themselves as atheists and are very hostile to the faith and the Catholic Church. They run a constant attack on the Catholic Church in Poland. It began with…

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Cohabitation Before Marriage Statistics

By Susan Ciancio / July 5, 2019 /
cohabitation before marriage statistics

…stay together during sickness and health and for better or for worse. In the Catholic Church, this bond is unbreakable and endowed with sacramental graces for this lifetime journey together….

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“Mommy, What’s Abortion?”

By Susan Ciancio / July 24, 2019 /
mother and daughter

…just a bit of reality when they were 9, 6, and not-quite 3. Monument to the Unborn, St. Michael’s Church, Emlenton, PA One Sunday morning after Mass, someone from our…

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HLI Condemns Anti-Catholic Laws Imposed on Northern Ireland

By Deborah M. Piroch / October 22, 2019 /

…pain during the abortion. I did not hear its heart beat nor see its form moving on screen.” Moreover, there is no “right” to marriage. The Catholic Church defines same-sex…

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The Frozen Embryo Problem

By Fr. Francesco Giordano / October 21, 2020 /
Cryopreservation of test tube on liquid nitrogen, a liquid nitrogen bank containing sperm and eggs cryosamples

…in very explicit terms in recent Church teaching. Based on Donum vitae 6, the most recent document from the Congregation for the Doctrine on the Faith, Dignitas personae makes it…

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