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…
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Surrogacy Undermines Dignity, Marriage, and the Family
The importance of strong families, grounded inn marriage, for societal stability is emphasized by the Catholic Church. The rise of alternative family structures and practices like surrogacy undermines the sanctity of marriage and the dignity of the human person, as they dehumanize the child and sever the link between procreation and the marital act.
New awards initiated recognising service to life and family
Defending life and the natural family is the duty of every person. Without life, the first and fundamental right, no other rights, privileges, or duties could exist. Without the natural family, and the commitment of marriage between one man and…
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Top 10 pro-life articles of 2020
At Family Life International, we strive to bring you relevant and informative pro-life and pro-family articles that will help inform and equip you as you strive to help restore a culture of life in New Zealand. So as 2020 draws…
Children are a blessing: Respect Life Month Day 12
Children are a blessing, and the family is the very foundation of civil society. In a society where the contraceptive mentality has seeped into almost every corner of society, including the Church, larger families are often frowned upon. Many husbands…
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Powerful pro-life, pro-family maiden speech by National MP
Newly installed National MP, Paulo Garcia, gave a courageous and powerful pro-life, pro-family maiden speech in parliament at the end of May. His bold proclamation of truth has inspired and encouraged many throughout the world. WELLINGTON, New Zealand, June 3,…
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Celebrating the family
On Sunday, more than 100 people gathered in Auckland for an afternoon to celebrate and pray for the family. The event was organised by Family Life International NZ to recognise the importance of the natural family as a vital cell…
11 things you can do to build a culture of life
We all have an obligation to be at the service of life, St John Paul II tells us in his encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae. Sometimes it can be hard to know where to begin, the task can seem so huge…
A true pastoral response: teaching the truth in love without fear
At a recent press conference for the Synod on the Family it was announced that one presenter, who was not to be named, had proposed that "language such as 'living in sin', 'intrinsically disordered', or 'contraceptive mentality' are not necessarily…
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