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Vatican's First Mental Health Ministry Conference

Catholic mental health ministers from all over the world gathered in January 2023 zt the Dicastery for Communication for the first-ever Vatican workshop dedicated to mental health and pastoral care. Participants included Vatican officials, representatives from the Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers, and individuals working on the frontline in Moldova, India, South Africa, and elsewhere.
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- Deacon Ed Shoener, President of the CMHM, presents to Pope Francis the book Catholic Mental Health Ministry Guidelines for Implementation
  (Photo credit: © Vatican Media)
- Remarks by Cardinal Michael Czerny, S.J., Prefect, Dicastery for Promoting Integral, Human Development - Reflection on how mental health ministry is essential to integral human development and a universal human right
  
  Remarks by Father Frederic Fornos, S.J., International Director, Popes Worldside Prayer Network
  
  Intervention of Dr. Maria Mercedes Rossi on behalf of Associazione Comunità Papa Giovanni XXIII - Short Version - Long Version
Papal Messages and Statements
- Message of the Holy Father to the participants in the second National Conference for Mental Health (2021)
- Message of His Holiness Benedict XVI for the 14th World Day of the Sick (2006)
- Papel Letter to the Pontifical Councel for Health Pastoral Care on the Theme of "Depression" (2003)
- Mentally Ill Are Also Made In God's Image - Pope John Paul II (1996)
Vatican Reports and Conference Proceedings
- Message from Cardinal Peter K. A. Turkson (2021)
  Message of the Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development for World Mental Health Day (10 October 2021)
- MEMBERS OF ONE BODY, LOVED BY ONE LOVE (2021)
  Accompanying people in psychological distress in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic
  Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
  November 2021
- Depression (2003)
  Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Conference Organised by
  the Pontifical Council for Health Pastoral Care
  November 13-14-15, 2003
  New Synod Hall, Vatican City
- “In the Image and Likeness of God: Always?” Disturbances
  of the Human Mind (1996)
  Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference organized by
  the Pontifical Council for Pastoral Assistance to Health Care Workers
  November 28-29-30, 1996
  Paul VI Hall, Vatican City
Bishops Conference Documents
- Mental Health Campaign and Novena
  United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (2023)
- Pastoral Letter on Mental Health
  Ukrainian Catholic Bishops in the US (2023)
- To Life LIfe to the Full
  Australian Catholic Bishops Conference(2020)
- Hope and Healing:
  A Pastoral Letter from the Bishops of California (2018)
Statements by Bishops
- Bishop James Conley - Diocese of Lincoln Nebraska, US
- Bishop John Dolan - Diocese of Phonenix, US
- Archbishop Francis Kalist - Pondicherry and Cuddalore, India