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Drug Addiction

Pope Francis gives the weekly Angelus address on Aug. 27, 2023. | Vatican Media.

Pope Francis: "We cannot be indifferent" to People Caught in Drug Addiction

Aug 27, 2023

Pope Francis said on Sunday we are called to act like Jesus and cannot be indifferent to the situations that lead people, especially adolescents, into drug addiction.

A social worker at St. Joseph's Resource Center of Luanda Catholic Parish in Kenya's Catholic Diocese of Kakamega takes school children through a talk. Credit: St. Joseph's Resource Center

Rehabilitation Facility at Kenyan Catholic Parish to Rescue Youth from Drug Addiction

Jan 3, 2022

Cases of substance abuse in Luanda, a town in western Kenya have dominated the country’s media space on numerous occasions, with experts blaming abuse of drugs and illicit brew for the high prevalence of mental illnesses in the region.