A Father and Son’s Journey from Addiction to the Altar
Tony and Gez had seen it all — and lost it all — in their individual journeys of addiction, recovery and conversion.
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St. Mark Ji Tianxiang, the Opium Addict Who Became a Saint
The witness of St. Mark Ji Tianxiang, numbered among the thousands of Christians martyred during the Boxer Rebellion in China, offers great hope to those struggling with addictions of various kinds.
Catholic Drug Rehabilitation Facility Begins to Take Shape in Arizona
The initiative is named after St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish priest who died at the Auschwitz death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Drug Overdoses Increased During Pandemic: Could ‘Safe’ Injection Sites Make a Difference?
While recognizing the need for creative solutions to curb drug abuse, Catholic medical ethicists have raised moral and practical objections to the new focus on ‘harm reduction.’
‘Mother of Light’ Helps Addicts Find Healing and Hope
Maronite Bishop Guy-Paul Noujaim’s nonprofit has aided more than 6,600 Lebanese men and women, both Christian and Muslim, since its founding in 1989.
Catholics Bring Light to the Darkness of Opioid Addiction
As an epidemic of drug addiction consumes the United States, Church ministries reach out to help affected persons and their families.
‘Grace Ferry’ for Grays Ferry: Priest Ministers to Drug-Ravaged Philly Neighborhood
Father Doug McKay founded the Our House recovery home in 1997, two years after his own brother died in a nearby crack house.
