Mental health, spiritual wellbeing, and COVID-19 (Centre for Catholic Social Thought and Practice COVID-19 blog no. 32)
The Covid-19 pandemic presents difficult challenges for mental health. This article by the Catholic Mental Health Project’s Stephanie MacGillivray explores how the Church also […]
Public Mental Health and the Ethics of Covid-19 Lockdowns (Anscombe Bioethics Centre – Covid 19 Briefing Paper)
The Anscombe Bioethics Centre has published a new briefing paper in its COVID-19 series, on ‘Public Mental Health and the Ethics of COVID-19 Lockdowns’. All […]
Suicide prevention remains a universal challenge – World Suicide Prevention Day 10 September 2020
Thursday 10 September 2020 is World Suicide Prevention Day. In 2018, there were 6,859 suicides in the UK and Republic of Ireland. There has been […]
What can Catholics do to protect their mental health during the Coronavirus?
What can Catholics do to protect their mental health during the Coronavirus? This document provides some advice and suggestions for how Catholics can protect […]
Coronavirus COVID-19 – Guidance from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales
The global spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) is a fast-evolving situation. We are currently observing Stage 2 guidance in our Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for parishes. […]
Self-Harm Awareness Day 2020
Did you Know? One in 12 young people in the UK have self-harmed. What is self-harm? Self-harm is when someone hurts themselves as a […]
Time to Talk Day – 6 February 2020
Mental health problems affect one in four of us, yet too many people are made to feel isolated, ashamed and worthless because of this. […]
Young Carers Awareness Day 2020 – 30th January
The aging population has shown a massive demand for carers across the UK and this is set to increase more over the next few […]
Listen: Changing the culture on domestic abuse
Domestic abuse is the difficult subject we’re tackling in this month’s ‘Social Justice Matters’ podcast. One in four women and about one in six […]
Blog: Some Reflections on Spiritual Abuse
I am Brendan Killeen and am a Catholic priest of the Diocese of Northampton. I was ordained in 1993 and studied canon law in […]