The enemy is not so much public misunderstanding as indifference and helplessness, Ron Powers writes.
Health and Wellness
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Becoming a Better Catholic: Simcha Fisher on Therapy
Our guest this week is Simcha Fisher, a contributor to America and the author of The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning. Her recent article is called “I thought Good Catholics didn’t need therapy. Then I went.” “I didn’t think that therapy was for me,” Fisher explained. “I had a lot of foolish prejudices about […]
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Depression can’t be explained, but it must be reckoned with.
Is there something in the very nature of sin and narcissism that wounds us, that makes us sad?
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Comprehensive, holistic care will keep Medicaid patients healthier
Several states are pioneering a system that rewards long-term wellness rather than a higher volume of health care services.
Posted inArts & Culture, Film
Teens need adults to navigate films like “To the Bone”
“To the Bone,” which recently premiered on Netflix, tells the story of 20-year-old Ellen (Lily Collins), who is living with anorexia nervosa.
Posted inFaith, News
Attending church is good for your health. Now what?
Researchers from Vanderbilt University found that middle-aged adults who attended religious services at least once in the past year were half as likely to die prematurely as those who didn’t.
Posted inFaith, Jesuitical
If you’re so depressed you can’t get off the floor, how can you get into the confessional?
Talking about mental health isn’t easy. And when you throw faith into the mix it often becomes even harder. Many Catholics mistakenly think that needing mental health treatment amounts to a kind of spiritual failure. This week, we talk with writer Simcha Fisher, author of The Sinner’s Guide to Natural Family Planning, about how she […]
Posted inPolitics & Society, Video
A New Catholic Hospital Brings Hope to Haiti
Haiti’s history is marked by tragedy—natural disasters and human suffering—but a new Catholic hospital is bringing hope and healing to rural community.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
The Queens of Chavara: Carmelite sisters at ground zero of India’s AIDS epidemic
“Yes, some are H.I.V.-positive, but what is that?” asks Sister Agie. “They are precious children; they have their whole life before them.”
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Malnutrition in Venezuela is now a crisis
With soaring food prices and a free-falling economy, child malnutrition in Venezuela has crossed the threshold of a humanitarian crisis.