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Practical Tools for Teaching Healthy Sexuality

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / June 20, 2022 /
Mother Having Serious Conversation With Teenage Daughter At Home

…over by Cardinal Alfonso Trujillo and Bishop Sgreccia, both known for their strong defense of the Catholic Church’s teaching on life and family. I encourage parents to take the time…

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Gender Dysphoria in the DSM-5: The Change in Terminology

By Susan Ciancio / February 25, 2022 /
Transgenderism: About Transgender

the most important thing you must know is that you are loved. The Church assures you of this. Many dioceses have addressed gender dysphoria and how the faithful must respond…

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Should the Pro-Life Movement Follow a “No Exceptions” or “Pragmatic” Strategy?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / August 19, 2020 /
black man thinking

…strengthened and has regained its proper place as the sanctuary of life in society: The Church encourages political leaders, starting with those who are Christians, not to give in, but…

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Highlighting Heartbeat and Humanity

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / September 13, 2021 /
Protection of the Unborn

…or not, this is what pro-abortion activists calling for a “sex strike” are admitting. And they’re right. As the Church has always put it, the unitive and procreative aspects of…

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Legalized Euthanasia Stalled in Italy

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 21, 2022 /
elderly woman in a coma

the deliberate intention of hastening death. Both practices are strongly condemned by the Catholic Church; however, laws regulate these two practices in different ways. Pope Francis Addresses End-of-Life Issues Just…

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Is There a Right to a Child?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / August 21, 2020 /
man and pregnant woman

…amount of confusion and misunderstanding regarding the teachings of the Catholic Church. After all, we have a virtual universe of surgical and medical procedures to evaluate, with new ones being…

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Demography and Euthanasia

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / March 13, 2023 /

…view of the elderly outlined in the Pontifical Council for the Laity’s (PCL) document “The Dignity of Older People and their Mission in the Church and in the World.” That…

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Birth Rates Are Plummeting in China and the U.S.

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / June 7, 2021 /

…welfare of their parents.” ─ Second Vatican Council, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, no. 50 Politically speaking, the United States and China could scarcely be more…

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Rereading Contraception Encyclical in Light of the Woke Revolution

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / July 26, 2024 /

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9LpY2wdPnY On July 25, 1968, Pope St. Paul VI released the encyclical Humanae Vitae, or “of Human Life.” This encyclical reaffirmed the Catholic Church’s perennial teaching that contraception is always…

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Catholic Teaching: Contraception Defies Marriage Vows

By Living a Culture of Life Podcast / July 27, 2023 /

Why does the Catholic Church condemn contraception? Isn’t sex a good thing? On this episode, Fr. Shenan Boquet explains Church teaching on birth control. When couples use contraception, they falsify…

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