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California bishops urge Catholics to give ‘hope and healing’ to the mentally ill

May 09, 2018

In a pastoral letter, the bishops say the mental health crisis is an 'urgent call' for the Church

Mental health and sinfulness – the Church urgently needs clear teaching

July 07, 2017

The Church needs to answer hard questions if it is to really engage with mental illness

Belgian bishops clash with Brothers of Charity over decision to allow euthanasia

May 25, 2017

The bishops said euthanasia 'attacked the very foundations of our civilisation'

For 200 years my religious order has helped the mentally ill. How can we allow euthanasia?

May 12, 2017

The Brothers of Charity Group in Belgium want to class euthanasia as part of medical care. That's utterly unworthy of our order

I’ve stopped writing my book about depression, and for the best of reasons

January 27, 2017

Last year, I was writing on mental illness and the Incarnation. It's nice to have a common-or-garden sickness instead

Hundreds mourn beloved homeless man in San Francisco

December 01, 2016

Thomas Hooker prayed in the church every day and was hailed as a 'kind and friendly soul'

When I was at my lowest ebb, Mother Teresa transformed my life

September 02, 2016

With the future saint's help I left behind years of severe mental illness

Can Catholic devotion heal my depression? Right now, it doesn’t feel like it

August 04, 2016

At its funnest, clinical depression is a boring, sapping illness

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