A young person's suicide can shake even teens who barely knew them, raising difficult questions about death, friendship and their own vulnerability.
This Suicide Prevention Month, a small change in how we check in with someone could open the door to a conversation that really matters.
The Greeks called it kalokagathia — beauty and goodness as a single ideal. John Paul II called it self-mastery. Both were describing the same human truth.
Dolly Parton spent a lifetime giving to others. It turns out she planned one particularly special gift for a generation still to come.
Speaking to a meeting on drug addiction in Latin America, the Pope emphasized the role of the family and of cooperation among all those combatting this problem.
At the end of the general audience on Wednesday, August 26, Leo XIV invoked the intercession of St. Teresa of Jesus—but not the one you’re thinking of.
Paul de Livron is helping Ukrainians injured in the war to build their own wooden wheelchairs to rediscover joy through craftsmanship.
We remember the appointments, groceries, and practicalities, but sometimes it's what isn't on our checklist that matters most.
Should I demand everything and everyone around me to be perfect and exactly how I want, or am I much better off living with gratitude for all the people God has put in my life?
Seattle's viral raccoon is delighting millions — and not just because somebody named him Jimothy.
On July 30, a federal court ordered NY State not to enforce its assisted suicide mandate against Catholic sisters until their lawsuit is heard.
In the Philippines, like in many other parts of the world, the suicide rate is astonishingly high. The bishops' pastoral letter considers what's to be done to improve mental health.
The rock legend and a group of young Catholics remembered the same qualities in the Oscar-winning Irish musician.
When life feels too heavy to carry, these comforting Bible verses remind us that God meets us where our own strength runs out.
We are more focused on mental health than ever — and mental health is getting worse. A research psychologist and a 15-century tradition both point toward the same remedy.
A child who dreads school isn't always trying to avoid lessons. Sometimes they're trying to avoid something much harder.
Pope Leo's message offers five refreshing ways to see old age — not as an ending, but as a season still full of hope.
