The recent Go Forward in Hope International Pro-Life and Family conference in Auckland, New Zealand, featured a stellar line-up of international and local speakers, passionate about their areas of expertise. As videos of the presentations become available, they will be…
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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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The importance of marriage for a healthy society
What is so special about marriage, and why does it matter? The short answer is that healthy marriages equal healthy families. Healthy families lead to healthy societies, which in turn leads to human flourishment. All of which is what God…
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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Is human life sacrosanct?
Let me start with a basic idea: If we believe that all human life is God-given, we should also believe that it is precious, sacred, inviolable. Any reduction in or setting aside of this truth, and therefore any thought of…
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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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…
The Wine of Marriage
Marriage is an institution of nature and, for the baptized, a sacrament. Not only do the natural physiological and psychological desires experienced by both men and women show it to be an institution of nature but also, the fact that…
The problem of sexuality education in Catholic schools
It is a new school year, and parents are once again entrusting their children and young people into the care of teachers for large portions of each day. Along with reading, writing and arithmetic, schools are required to teach “sexuality”…
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