Faced with rising suicide rates among nuns and priests, the Catholic Church in India launches a ministry of healing and mental health

Dec 03, 2025 22:58

Church leaders have launched a nationwide mental-health ministry meant to weave professional care into the fabric of pastoral life. Photo: Getty Images

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Archaeologists Confirm Gospel Accounts by Discovering a Garden Beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre

Chapter 19 of the Gospel of John contains details not found in other Gospels: «Now in the place where He was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new tomb where no one had ever been laid» (John 19:41). John’s description coincides with the discoveries.

Dec 03, 2025 08:22

Rafael Llanes

This is what the letter says—the surprising and important letter that Leo XIV sent to the cardinals ahead of the Consistory in June 2026

Letter from Pope Leo XIV to the cardinals ahead of the upcoming consistory in 2026

Although there are no diplomatic relations, the President of the National Assembly of Vietnam invites Pope Leo XIV to visit the country

The President of the National Assembly in Hanoi presented the Pope with a letter from the President, who is now firmly at the helm of power in Vietnam. It was precisely internal disagreements over the local political balance of power that had slowed down the preparations for the visit, which is so eagerly awaited by the Catholic community. Cardinal Parolin is due to visit soon to establish full diplomatic relations. The possibility of 2027, when the Pope is already expected in Seoul for World Youth Day.

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Faced with rising suicide rates among nuns and priests, the Catholic Church in India launches a ministry of healing and mental health

Excommunication for traditionalist clergyman “ordained bishop” in the US without the Pope’s authorization

Nun reveals details of Pope Francis’ will: he left money to buy ambulances for Ukraine

Pope Francis’ popemobile converted into an ambulance receives permission to enter Gaza

The gunman who attempted to assassinate John Paul II tried to meet with Leo XIV in Turquí: what happened?

US Democrats and Republicans Approve Resolution Condemning Evils of Socialism

From the revocation of anathema in Nicaea, 17 centuries after the first Ecumenical Synod

Archaeologists Confirm Gospel Accounts by Discovering a Garden Beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre