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Calling Active Contemplatives: Pope Leo Argues for Interiority as the Primary Work of Man
Pope Leo XIV argued that contemplation belongs to every believer, not only monks and mystics, because interior depth is what makes Christian witness credible rather than merely articulate. That claim has direct bearing on how Catholic mental health practitioners understand their own formation.
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Formative Presence: What Happens When Parents Bring Children to the Places Faith Built
EWTN's new series follows Jessica Rey homeschooling her children across Catholic Europe, using cathedrals and pilgrimage routes as the primary classroom. The show raises a question with real psychological weight: what changes in a child's formation when faith is not a subject studied but a world physically inhabited? The answer touches the roots of resilience, identity, and integrated personhood.
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The Hope That Others Can See: How Visible Faith Reshapes Mental Wellness
A recent reflection from the National Catholic Register asks whether the hope within us is visible to those around us — a question that cuts to the clinical center of Catholic psychology and how conformity to Christ transforms not just the soul but the whole person.
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The Honest Mother: What Jill Smokler Taught Us About Truthfulness and the Vocation of Parenthood
Jill Smokler, the blogger behind Scary Mommy, died at 48 after building a community of millions around candid, unvarnished accounts of parenthood. Her life's work raises a question worth sitting with: why does truthfulness about the difficulty of raising children feel so radical, and what does it reveal about human dignity and the demands of love?
Philosopher Kings and Daoist Wind-Riders: Zhuangzi's Critique, Louis IX's Reign, and the Difference Between Fitness and Entitlement
Christine Abigail Tan's reading of Confucius collapses a distinction that Catholic anthropology keeps carefully apart: being suited for authority and deserving reward. The difference matters more than it first appears, and Zhuangzi's proposed remedy makes things worse.

Leo XIV: Universities Are Called to Form "Artisans of Peace"

Pope Leo XIV addressed the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's board of governors at the Vatican, describing universities as 'privileged places for dialogue' in a world marked by violence and pointed rhetoric. His vision rests on a conviction shared by Catholic anthropology and contemporary psychology: that human beings are constituted by relationship and capable of transformation when the right conditions are present.

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The Red Wagon Saint: How Julia Greeley's Radical Charity Redefines Psychological Resilience

Julia Greeley, a former slave known as Denver's Angel of Charity, spent her life pulling a red wagon through the city's streets under cover of darkness, delivering food, fuel, and clothing to the poor. Her cause for canonization offers a remarkable lens through which Catholic mental health and positive psychology can examine the transformative power of devotion, purpose, and post-traumatic growth.

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Sound as a Therapeutic Space: What Virtual Audio Can and Cannot Do for Anxiety

A 2025 study on Sonora, an AI tool for building 3D audio environments, found measurable reductions in state anxiety and cognitive load among users who co-created their own soundscapes. The findings open a practical question: under what conditions does an engineered acoustic environment genuinely support psychological flourishing, and where does it risk becoming a sophisticated avoidance strategy?

Yabba-Dabba-Do We Need Counseling? The Flintstones and the Case for Getting Help

Fred and Wilma Flintstone have been married for six decades of reruns, and they still haven't worked out the bowling nights. A satirical look at Bedrock's most famous couple reveals something true about every marriage: the strongest ones are built by people willing to ask for outside help.

Both Parents Work. Can the Children Still Attach?

A parent kisses their child goodbye at 7 a.m. and spends the commute wondering whether they are enough. The research on attachment, read carefully, is more forgiving than the guilt tends to be — and more demanding in the right places. This Question to the Editor explores that phenomenon.

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Blood Pressure Recalls, Mortality Salience, and the Body We Inhabit — June 23, 2026

A chlorthalidone recall, the death of Clive Davis, and lingering Father's Day grief threads are converging into a week of mortality salience and bodily vulnerability. Clinicians should expect clients carrying diffuse, unnamed heaviness rooted in both public events and private loss. The CCMMP framework offers precise pastoral and clinical footholds.

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Calling Active Contemplatives: Pope Leo Argues for Interiority as the Primary Work of Man

Formative Presence: What Happens When Parents Bring Children to the Places Faith Built

The Hope That Others Can See: How Visible Faith Reshapes Mental Wellness

The Honest Mother: What Jill Smokler Taught Us About Truthfulness and the Vocation of Parenthood

Philosopher Kings and Daoist Wind-Riders: Zhuangzi's Critique, Louis IX's Reign, and the Difference Between Fitness and Entitlement

Leo XIV: Universities Are Called to Form "Artisans of Peace"

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Calling Active Contemplatives: Pope Leo Argues for Interiority as the Primary Work of Man

Formative Presence: What Happens When Parents Bring Children to the Places Faith Built

The Hope That Others Can See: How Visible Faith Reshapes Mental Wellness

The Honest Mother: What Jill Smokler Taught Us About Truthfulness and the Vocation of Parenthood

Philosopher Kings and Daoist Wind-Riders: Zhuangzi's Critique, Louis IX's Reign, and the Difference Between Fitness and Entitlement

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The Red Wagon Saint: How Julia Greeley's Radical Charity Redefines Psychological Resilience

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