Talking to God about my struggles came to be a crucial part of my mental health resilience and recovery.
Health and Wellness
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis needs to tell the world who will make his end-of-life decisions
Pope Francis needs to publicly appoint an agent to make decisions about his medical care for when he is no longer able to make them himself. Without this appointment, there will be confusion and division in the church.
Posted inFaith, News
Photos: Pope Francis visits child cancer patients in hospital where he’s recovering from surgery
A smiling and standing pope patted the children on their heads as their parents held them, according to photos of the encounter released by the Vatican.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis suffered a temporary fever, but doctors have found no sign of infection
Pope Francis had a temporary fever last evening, July 7. But routine microbiological examinations and a CT scan of his chest and abdomen carried out this morning came back negative.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: What kind of surgery did Pope Francis have?
Here’s a look at what we know about the operation and what the pope’s doctors will be watching out for.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Social media is producing ‘celebrity priests’ — and it’s a problem for their vocations
In this era of viral videos and the cult of social media personalities, understanding mental health and also the effects of celebrity priesthood is a conversation we must have.
Posted inFaith, Features
Conversion therapy is still happening in Catholic spaces—and its effects on L.G.B.T. people can be devastating
Although only a small minority of L.G.B.T. Catholics will ever seek conversion therapy, the assumptions underlying that therapy often influence the message many gay Catholics hear in the confessional and from friends and mentors.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Did going to therapy challenge my faith? Yes. Did it make it stronger? Also yes.
I had to accept that it’s possible that there is no God. Or that there is, but he is a stranger. Instead of choosing to trust the church because trust was where I wanted to be, I deliberately stepped out, off the safety of the shore, into doubt.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Catholic nuns working to address mental health needs? There’s an app for that.
An app developed by Catholic Extension helps sisters to address the spiritual and mental health needs of Latino immigrants in their neighborhoods.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Should children get the Covid-19 vaccine? A Catholic doctor weighs in.
Vaccines for children are now getting attention — with questions about when will they be available, if they are necessary to end the pandemic and if Catholic parents should inoculate their children.