"Tolerance is the virtue of a man without convictions.” G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) Something about ‘tolerance’ has always made me uncomfortable. I’ve long been aware that the loudest preachers of tolerance are the ones who are the most intolerant of…
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Virtue and Public Policy
Chastity has had a bad press of late. It almost sounds like something that should have been left in the Victorian era. But it still has an important role now. A great example of this is the role chastity had…
The Importance of Language in Changing the Culture
by Fr Shenan J. Boquet, President of Human Life International Reposted from HLI World Watch Fr. Shenan J. Boquet Fr. Shenan J. Boquet For forty-one years Human Life International has been engaged in building a Culture of Life through education…
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Have courage, go forward and make noise: Pope Francis to youth
Pope Francis recently met with 500 young people in St Peter's Basillica. There he spoke to them from the heart, asking them to have courage to go forward against the current culture, and to make noise all the while holding…
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Family First’s traditional family views deemed ‘controversial’
Family First is to be removed from the Charities Register weeks after the passing of the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment Bill because it has been deemed by the Charities Registration Board that their main purpose is political. The Board…
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Respect Life Month – Day Thirty-One
There are some who don’t want you to know we are in a battle, even while they themselves never cease to attack. Friends, when we do get attacked and clobbered, then let us know that Christ has gone before us.…
Respect Life Month – Day Twenty-Nine
"We will stand up every time that human life is threatened. When the sacredness of life before birth is attacked, we will stand up and proclaim that no one ever has the authority to destroy unborn life. When a child…
Respect Life Month – Day Fourteen
"A great prayer for life is urgently needed, a prayer which will rise up throughout the world... Let us... discover anew the humility and courage to pray and fast so that power from on high will break down the walls…
Respect Life Month – Day Ten
"It is necessary to state firmly once more that nothing and no one can in any way permit the killing of an innocent human being, whether a fetus or an embryo, an infant or an adult, an old person, or…
Respect Life Month – Day Nine
"Everyone has an obligation to be at the service of life... Together we all sense our duty to preach the Gospel of Life to celebrate it in the Liturgy and in our whole existence, and to serve it with the…