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Mental Health

Father Salvador Aguado Miguel. / Credit: Courtesy of Father Salvador Aguado Miguel

Catholic Priest Shares How He Battled Depression, Emerged from "dark pit" of Temptation to Suicide

Jul 10, 2025

Spanish priest Salvador Aguado Miguel shares his testimony following last week's suicide of beloved Italian Father Matteo Balzano.

The tragedy points to the urgent need to provide support and accompaniment to priests, who often bear great responsibilities and challenges, usually alone. / Credit: Africa Studio/Shutterstock

Suicide of 35-Year-Old Italian Catholic Priest Underscores Priests’ Humanity: Testimonies, Reflections

Jul 8, 2025

The Catholic Church was profoundly shocked by the news of the death of Father Matteo Balzano, a 35-year-old priest who took his own life on July 5.

Fr. Arnaud Ameledji during the February 10 press conference. Credit: CECCI

We’re Taking “concrete action”: Catholic Official in Ivory Coast on Planned Three-Year Mental Health Initiative

Feb 11, 2025

The three-year initiative aimed to integrate mental health care into community interventions across the West African nation of Ivory Coast is a “concrete action” being undertaken to give hope to persons living with mental disorders, an official of the country’s Catholic Bishops’ Conference has said. 

Pope Francis greets members of Italy’s National Youth Council at the Vatican on Nov. 16, 2024. / Credit: Vatican Media

Pope Francis: Young People Can be "artisans of hope" amid Mental Health Challenges

Nov 16, 2024

“The challenges are many: the dignity of work, family, education, civic engagement, care for creation, and new technologies,” Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis greets 80,000 teens on pilgrimage in St. Peter’s Square on April 18, 2022. Vatican Media

Pope Francis Tells 80,000 Youth Pilgrims to Ask Our Lady for Courage to Do God’s Will

Apr 19, 2022

The youth pilgrimage was organized in an effort to reach out to young people whose lives were upended during the past two years of isolation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Pope Francis, pictured April 17, 2013. Credit: Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk.

Pope Francis Says Seeing a Psychiatrist Helped Him with Anxiety When He Was Younger

Feb 27, 2021

Pope Francis has said that seeing a psychiatrist in Argentina helped him with anxiety when he was a younger priest in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper Saturday.