Is a Mental-Health Crisis Hiding in the Church’s Pews?
COMMENTARY: New CatholicTV survey data suggest widespread emotional distress among U.S. Catholics, raising questions about how mental health may shape parish life and Mass attendance.
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Discovering Who My Uncle Really Was
COMMENTARY: A childhood portrait of a difficult man gives way, years later, to the discovery of faith, sacrifice and a heart shaped by grief.
Bishop Who Lost 3 Siblings to Suicide: ‘Get Help, and Don’t Give Up Hope’
‘Hope is a virtue, and we have to rely on that,’ says Phoenix Bishop John Dolan. ‘But we can’t do it alone.’
The Battle for Counseling Freedom for All: A Small Victory and a Huge Setback For Those With Gender Dysphoria
COMMENTARY: Activists promoting ‘conversion therapy bans’ will not be satisfied until every last counselor, therapist, priest or pastor on planet earth has been silenced, shamed or scared into submission.
Bishop Barron Discusses Impact of Social Media, Isolation and ‘Longing for God’ Amid Bishops’ Initiative to Address Mental-Health Crisis
Minnesota shepherd kicked off a heartfelt discussion at the bishops’ fall meeting about how the Church can minister to the growing number of the faithful suffering from mental-health concerns.
Polish Entrepreneur Discusses His New Apostolate: Praying for Teenagers Tempted to Suicide
Krzysztof Gawrysiak has founded a website in response to sobering reports of suicidal tendencies among young people in order to combat this ‘pandemic of loneliness.’
Suicide, Depression, and a ‘Crisis of Hope’: Offering Real Help to Our Youth in Despair
COMMENTARY: Our young people’s sadness, hopelessness and suicidal thoughts are a desperate cry for this attentive love in the midst of their existential and ever-urgent questions.
Blessed Marcel Callo Struggled From Depression — Here’s How He Recovered His Joy
Callo was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987. His feast day is March 19.
Pope St. John Paul II Brought God Into My Suffering, Just When I Needed Him Most
The crosses I was bearing — depression and M.S. — were crushing me, but here was the Pope himself telling me to unite my suffering with Christ.
CDC Report: One in Four Young Adults Contemplate Suicide
Fifty-four percent of essential workers surveyed said they had experienced at least one adverse mental or behavioral health symptom related to COVID-19.
