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Dec 15, 2018 · The Catechism of the Catholic Church, a text outlining the church's beliefs released in 1992 under Pope John Paul II, does define suicide as a grave sin, and many Catholics have long believed...
Feb 2, 2024 · They included representatives from Catholic Charities; the National Alliance on Mental Illness; Compass Mental Health; Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide; Haven for Youth, a mental health ...
Sep 9, 2022 · The catechism of the Catholic Church now recognizes that “grave psychological disturbances” can reduce the moral culpability of suicide and no longer teaches that people who commit suicide...
Nov 4, 2014 · While suicide can be a mortal sin, it is not always one, and the Church both prays for those who have committed suicide and encourages us not to despair of their salvation. Here is a video in which I discuss the subject.
Dec 28, 2019 · CNA spoke with three mental health professionals about why suicide rates, particularly among young people, are increasing, and what the Catholic Church and other faith communities can do to...
May 18, 2023 · We see it in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, particularly Paragraphs 2282 and 2283, which remind us of three things: “grave psychological disturbances, anguish, or grave fear...
Mar 6, 2018 · The Catechism of the Catholic Church approved by St. John Paul II in 1992 does not deny Catholics who die by suicide a Catholic funeral, but it maintains that “suicide contradicts the...
