An updated version of a 2019 paper that cites the presence of religious belief as an aid in recovery, particularly from mental health and substance abuse issues, has met with both support and skepticism. Brian Grim, ...
Kathryn Jean Lopez reflects on Luke Mechmann, who recently lost his battle with drug addiction. Luke was described as a “good kid,” a “sweetheart,” but despite all the help he received, he could not be ...
After several years in sobriety, Scott Weeman felt a call to establish a ministry that serves Catholics seeking healing recovery from all offenses against temperance. Thus he began Catholic in Recovery, a nonprofit organization that ...
To “harbor the harborless” is one way to refer to the merciful work of sheltering the homeless. It is fitting then that a city in eastern Canada — where ocean vistas are visible on many ...
Gretchen Crowe writes “in my nearly 20 years in Catholic media, I have had the great fortune to put into words the stories of wonderful men and women who have sought to follow the Lord ...
In partnership with OSV Films, director Jim Wahlberg’s new short film “What About the Kids?” explores the effects that addiction has on children throughout our society and the role that faith can play in the ...
Author and filmmaker Jim Wahlberg shares how he overcame life on the streets of Boston, including addiction to drugs and alcohol and multiple prison sentences. He says, “I was in and out of detention centers, ...
For those battling pornography addiction, Jesuit Father Peter Schineller offers hope through St. Ignatius of Loyola, himself a victim of unchaste living in his early life. But St. Ignatius was gifted with a vision of ...
Once a chief of the Latin Kings gang in Chicago, Deacon Pablo Perez’s life changed the day he left that life. But he still had work to do in reforming his life. “Once I ...
This week, a reader asks if it is OK to be addicted to cell phones or coffee. Monsignor Charles Pope answers that excessive use of phones or materials items, or overconsumption of food or drink ...
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ICYMI: As the 60th anniversary of the opening of the #VaticanII approaches, Fr. Patrick Briscoe explores Pope St. John XXIII’s goals for calling the council & the misconceptions that have persisted over the past 6 decades.
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Through study and prayer, it's not too late to get Vatican II right
As the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council approaches, Father Patrick Briscoe, editor of ...
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ICYMI: Dr. Greg Popcak explores the problem with trying to adapt practices of monastic living to family life. "The basic framework of monastic holiness is familial. It came from us”
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Here's why monastic living doesn't translate well to family life
Dr. Greg Popcak explores the problem with trying to adapt practices of monastic living to family life: “While ...
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