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How Special are “Gay Rights”?

By Brian Clowes, PhD / July 8, 2020 /
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…teaches that homosexual activity is “intrinsically disordered.” Homosexuals have demanded that the Church change this teaching to suit their doctored public opinion polls.28 The Church teaches that communicants must avoid…

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Responding to Same-Sex Attraction as a Catholic Parent

By Susan Ciancio / March 18, 2022 /
Mother Having Serious Conversation With Teenage Daughter At Home

…  What Does the Church Teach about Same-Sex Attraction? First and foremost, the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that those who experience same-sex attraction “must be accepted with respect,…

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Navigating End-of-Life Care: Can There Be Catholic Living Wills?

By Brian Clowes, PhD and Marisa Cantu / January 10, 2024 /
patient signing last will and testament with lawyer

…always been extolled by the Church, and this doctrine is equally applied to the right of individual persons to make decisions about their own treatment. Furthermore, the Church teaches that…

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Dealing with Same-Sex Attraction through the Sacred Heart

By Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro and Fr. Peter West / June 4, 2015 /
Sacred Heart of Jesus

Church rejects them. Because of this confusion, many bear a great resentment against the Church, but Jesus and his Church never reject a repentant sinner. No one who calls on…

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Remembering Monsignor Ignacio Barreiro a Year After His Death

By HLI Staff / April 13, 2017 /

…I offered the Pontifical Mass on the Feast of the Annunciation at Saint Mary’s Church in Greenwich, Connecticut. Monsignor was in the hospital at Greenwich and was clearly conscious that…

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Moral Relativism: The Danger of the “Seamless Garment” Mentality

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / October 23, 2017 /
God the Father

…of the Gospel and the Church’s moral teachings, no matter the cost. Instead, we are seeing a growing number of Church leaders giving confusing messages about the moral evils of…

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Christians as Salt, Leaven and Light to the World

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / October 1, 2018 /
A penitential St. Mary Magdalene

…to drive one to despair. It seems that not only our culture, but also our Church, are awash in an epidemic of predatory sexual behavior. As I read headline after…

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Is Remarrying after Divorce a Sin?

By Susan Ciancio / March 11, 2019 /

…divorced people. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The Catholic Church grieves with divorced couples. The Church wants you to know that you still have a home with your…

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Rejoice and Work in the Post-Roe Present

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / June 27, 2022 /

the majority’s decision to completely toss out Roe, instead of taking a more incremental approach. Dissenting were Justices Kagan, Sotomayor, and Breyer. In the no-holds-barred majority decision, Justice Samuel Alito…

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Love and Fertility

By Adolfo J. Castañeda / May 12, 2021 /

…naïve in thinking that even people outside the Church were capable of appreciating the reasonableness of Humanae Vitae, when even within the Church this teaching was being rejected. But the

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