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Easter Traditions Around the World

By Marisa Cantu / September 18, 2024 /

…and makes a wish as one enters a church or monastery. The Greek Orthodox Church follows the Julian calendar, so the date of Easter will differ from nations that follow…

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Ectopic Pregnancy: Dispelling Misinformation

By Susan Ciancio / December 17, 2024 /
ectopic pregnancy treatments

…a direct attack on the embryo.”  However, the document concludes by stating that the Magisterium of the Catholic Church is “silent on these three specific procedures.” So, because the Magisterium…

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Enough is Enough: Rejecting the ‘Pride’ Agenda

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / June 19, 2023 /
Enough is Enough: Rejecting the ‘Pride’ Agenda

…for the moral norms as the necessary and highly valuable guarantee for responsible personal growth in human sexuality. For this reason, the Church is firmly opposed to an often widespread…

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Overcoming Infertility–The Catholic Way

By Susan Ciancio / May 13, 2022 /
couple wedding bands, rings, hands

…we must understand the reasoning behind the Church’s teaching.   Why Does the Church Denounce IVF? IVF is considered illicit because it treats children like commodities. It is illicit because…

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Abortion is Never a Human Right

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / April 29, 2021 /
baby feet

…by adhering to all that the Catholic Church believes and proclaims to be revealed by God.” This is, he emphasizes, why the “Church requires Catholic leaders who have publicly supported…

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Be Courageous in the Face of Violence

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / June 13, 2022 /
pro life vs pro choice sign

…Resurrection. The Church is built on the blood of its martyrs who have given witness to Truth in every age. Catholics are guided by faith, and our faith clearly teaches…

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Our Urgent Duty to Vote Pro-Life

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / October 31, 2022 /
United States Capitol

…of the Church who would downplay the great evil of abortion, suggesting that it is just “one issue among many.” However, as the whole tradition of the Church testifies, and…

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How Marriage Improves Happiness

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / August 28, 2023 /
How Marriage Improves Happiness

…compare the relationship of a husband and a wife united in marriage to that of Christ and His Church. “Husbands,” writes St. Paul, in but one of several passages in…

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The Scourge of Pornography: Provoking Violence and Debasing Human Sexuality

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / October 23, 2023 /
Pornography: Provoking Violence, Debasing Human Sexuality

Church has always been on the right track. What the Church always understood, is that sexuality is among the most powerful forces in the world. When used in a moral…

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Alabama’s Court Decision Sparks Debate Over Ethics of IVF

By Fr. Shenan J. Boquet / February 26, 2024 /
embryologist at a liquid nitrogen bank containing sperm and egg samples

…to the creation and destruction of many human embryos, i.e. human persons in the earliest stages of their development. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church notes: A child is…

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