WOF 425: Understanding the Mental Health Crisis

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Brandon Vogt

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🗓️ 19 February 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Friends, we are in the midst of a mental health crisis, with many calling it another pandemic. Record-high numbers of Americans are facing depression and suicide. Nearly half of young people report feelings of persistent sadness or hopelessness. What’s behind this crisis, and how can the Church help? That’s what Brandon Vogt and I discuss on today’s episode of “The Word on Fire Show.”

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Links

Bishop Barron’s statement on surrogacy
Christ Brings All Newness: Essays, Reviews, and Reflections by Fr. Robert Imbelli

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0:00.0	We got to find a way forward though because you can't just bury your head in the sand or you can't just say oh let's become luddites and you know who needs all this social media
0:07.8	Look at here the two of us. We're on a screen and so I get it and we can and should use all this wonderful technology and it can indeed be a way of
0:17.4	reaching out an establishing connection but it can't be an end in itself it can't be the
0:22.1	whole world you're in.
0:24.0	Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show.
0:31.0	I'm Brandon Vat, the host and the senior publishing director at Word on Fire.
0:38.0	We are in the midst of a mental health crisis, many calling it another pandemic. Record high numbers of Americans are facing
0:46.4	depression and suicide. Almost half of young people report feelings of persistent sadness and depression, what's behind this crisis and how can the church help?
0:57.2	That's what we'll be discussing today with Bishop Barron.
1:00.0	Joining us from our studio in Rochester, Minnesota, Bishop,
1:03.2	always delightful to see you.
1:05.0	Hey Brandy, good morning.
1:06.4	How are you in the family doing down there in Orlando?
1:09.1	Yeah, we're doing very well.
1:10.6	Very well.
1:10.9	Everyone's back in school after the long break, so we're checking along well.
1:15.0	Good. Before we get to mental health, I want to talk about a related ethical issue.
1:20.0	It's one that you raised at the recent USCCB conference, that's the gathering of all the American bishops, and in your role as head of the bishops committee on laity, marriage, family life, and youth. You gave a statement on behalf of the U.S. bishops
1:36.2	concerning the practice of surrogacy.
1:39.6	Tell us about that.
1:40.5	What prompted it?
1:41.2	Maybe what is surrogacy?
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