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‘We should not despair of the eternal salvation of persons who have taken their own lives. By ways known to him alone, God can provide the opportunity for salutary repentance. The Church prays for people who have taken their own lives.’ (Catechism, 2283)
‘Hope is a virtue, and we have to rely on that,’ says Phoenix Bishop John Dolan. ‘But we can’t do it alone.’
Father Balizan was ordained in 1989 and had served at eight parishes in the Santa Fe Archdiocese before his arrest.
The Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers (CMHM) is one ministry in the Church dedicated to helping parishes and dioceses establish mental health ministries by providing free resources.
But legal experts predict the high court will likely take up another legal challenge to state laws barring therapy for patients dealing with unwanted same-sex attraction, while some courts, researchers and therapists dispute the scientific basis for the bans.
The CDC study, which shows the provisional data for 2022, reported that there were 49,449 deaths by suicide last year.
Father Benjamin Sellier of the Archdiocese of Cambrai in France died by suicide in the early hours of July 11 after learning that he was being investigated for the alleged sexual abuse of a young woman.
‘When it comes to suicide,’ says Msgr. Charles Pope, ‘we must be very careful to remember that there is a person and a story, and this is very precious to God.’
The diocese also shared that Mary is the third of Dolan’s eight siblings to die by suicide, ‘underlining his urgent plea to get mental health ministry underway in the Diocese of Phoenix.’
Any suicide is an unspeakable tragedy, yet how we respond is crucial for serving those most in need of God’s mercy, including those who continue life here on earth.
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