As a new year begins, we stand at a decisive moment. The challenges facing life, marriage, family, and freedom are not abstract or distant; they are shaping laws, institutions, and everyday decisions that affect the most vulnerable among us. This…
Tag: culture of life
Pro-Life Hero – St Basil the Great
This is the first in a series of articles about “pro-life heroes”. Their outstanding example will show us how heroic obedience to the Gospel can result in a single a man or woman having a major impact on the society…
Marriage and the family: the cradle of life and hope
Pope Leo has been quick to reaffirm the importance of marriage and family for humanity. Most notably, in a homily for the Jubilee of Families, Children, Grandparents and the Elderly, he declared, “families are the cradle of the future of…
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Pro-Life Hero – St. Teresa of Calcutta
This is the third in a series of articles about “pro-life heroes”. Their outstanding example shows us how heroic obedience to the Gospel can result in a single person transforming the society and culture around them. Their lives are foundation…
With A Father’s Heart (Patris Corde)
No article on Christian fatherhood would be complete without looking at the preeminent example of human fatherhood, St Joseph, even if he was not the natural father of Our Lord. All four Gospels speak of Jesus as “the son of…
Accompanying gender confused individuals with genuine compassion and truth
Gender confusion has saturated the culture at such an alarming rate that many families, educational centres and social groups are grappling with how to treat the sufferers whom they love and care about with dignity, respect, and compassion. The default…
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Proclaiming the Gospel of Life in a Post-Christian Culture
Western civilization is experiencing rapid societal changes that have led to the erosion of traditional Christian values. However, there is hope in proclaiming the Gospel of Life through Christ Jesus and selfless love for our neighbors. By proposing a new vision, transforming minds, and drawing strength from Christ, we can gradually restore a culture of life and civilization of love.
When the lie is presented that death is the only solution to life’s problems
The following is the text of a homily given by Father Peter Janssen, SM at the Mass for Life, held in Wellington on Friday 1 December 2023. They say that all it takes for evil to triumph is for good…
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FLI launches new programme equipping and supporting Catholic men: ‘Men of Saint Joseph’
“The crisis of fatherhood which we are living through today constitutes the heart of the human crisis that is threatening us.”Pope Benedict XVI Fatherhood is an authentic expression of masculinity; men are made for it and called to it. Most…
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Life is God’s Gift
“I came that they may have life .,..” [Jn 10:10] When Saint John-Paul II coined the phrase “culture of death”[i] he was talking about how enculturated and embedded attacks against human life have become in our human societies. He was…