Marriage and family life are punctuated with times of great happiness and joy, such as the wedding day and the birth of a child. Also known to family life are times of great sadness as daily struggles, illness and death…
Author: Michelle Kaufman
I am a Catholic mother of seven children. Blessed with an amazing husband and very supportive Mum and Dad. We live in New Zealand and are deeply involved in promoting life, faith and family through the apostolate we work for Family Life International NZ.
Registrations open for Go Forward in Hope, Pro-Life and Pro-Family Conference
Registrations are now open for the MOST important pro-life and pro-family conference of 2023. The Go Forward in Hope Pro-Life and Pro-Family conference, hosted by Family Life International, will begin with an Opening Mass on Thursday 23 March at 7:30pm…
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12 Quotes about Life, Marriage and Family from Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI left a great legacy of theological understanding. He had profound insight into the dangers of the dictatorship of relativism that plagues our age. Central to his message was the dignity of the human person who is made…
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8 practical and effective ways to respect and support human life
Finding practical and effective ways to respect and support human life from conception to natural death that is easily implemented, can be at times, tricky. However, with a little thought, lots of love, and a firm resolution to do something,…
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Practical Guidelines from the Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality
Concerned about the way in which explicit sex education had become pervasive, and that it was excluding parents from this most important formation of their children and young people, the Pontifical Council for the Family published The Truth and Meaning…
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Setting the stage for formal dissent from Humanae Vitae
Fifty-four years on from Pope Paul VI’s promulgation of the prophetic encyclical Humanae Vitae - On the Regulation of Births, disagreement and outright dissent against this constant teaching of the Church is still raging. Of note is the recent publication…
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143 lives lost to euthanasia and assisted suicide in less than a year
A total of 143 people ended their lives through euthanasia or assisted suicide since November 7, 2021, when the practices became legal in New Zealand. The Ministry of Health release statistics on so-called “assisted dying,” quarterly. The most recent information…
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Overturning of Roe welcomed
Family Life International warmly welcomes the momentous decision recognizing there is no right to abortion in the United States Constitution. The decision by the Supreme Court Justices overrules the 1973 decision, Roe v Wade, and Planned Parenthood v Casey (1992),…
Prenatal testing and the right to life
When the eminent Professor Jérôme Lejeune discovered the cause of Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) in 1959, he knew the information could be used for good or for evil. He had pursued the discovery with good intent, but the values of…
NZ Surrogacy Law under review
The laws governing the practice of surrogacy are currently under review by Parliament as well as the Law Commission, as dissatisfaction from those wanting to access the method to “build a family” escalates. Currently before Parliament is a Member’s Bill…