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Can Pastors Help Encourage Couples to Welcome Children?

By The Stream Published on January 22, 2025

We’re heading into a demographic winter. Decades of contraception and abortion have created a widespread anti-child mindset. Because this is at heart a spiritual issue, religious figures have an important role in healing our culture. Government incentives, on their own, aren’t working. If we want to boost birth rates, the underlying issue must be fixed. So what can pastors do to encourage couples to welcome children? And how do we see this playing out in our world? In this 48-minute conversation, Fr. Shenan Boquet joins Lifesitenews to unpack the role of spiritual fatherhood in building a culture of life.