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When Grief Finds No Pamphlet: How One Catholic Mother's Miscarriage Became a Ministry of Presence
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When Grief Finds No Pamphlet: How One Catholic Mother's Miscarriage Became a Ministry of Presence

After experiencing a miscarriage at 40 and leaving her doctor's office with nothing but a bill, Sarah-Elizabeth Pilato turned her grief into a ministry. Her book H.U.G. — Here, Understood, and Gently Held — gathers over 30 testimonies from women who have walked the same silent road. The story illuminates what Catholic mental health advocates have long recognized: that presence, not productivity, is the foundation of healing.

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The Church Draws a Clearer Map for Protecting the Most Vulnerable — And What It Means for Healing

The Church Draws a Clearer Map for Protecting the Most Vulnerable — And What It Means for Healing

The Holy See's publication of updated Statutes for the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors marks a structural and moral turning point in how the Church approaches safeguarding. More than a legal document, these Statutes carry implications for trauma-informed care, institutional trust, and the psychology of healing. Understanding what changed — and why — matters for anyone working at the intersection of faith and human flourishing.

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Happy Non-Gestational Parent Day! New York Proposes New Terms for Parents Just in Time for Father's Day... Our Take

New York's legislature has passed a bill replacing 'mother' and 'father' with clinical substitutes like 'gestating parent' and 'non-gestating parent.' The New York bishops have called this a move that mocks the foundation of the family. The deeper question — one that psychology, anthropology, and Catholic anthropology have long engaged — is what happens to human beings when the language that names their most formative relationships is systematically removed from public life.

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Grief, Anger, Love, and Longing: What People Are Searching For — June 12, 2026

Reddit's grief communities are surfacing disenfranchised grief, identity rupture, and spiritual searching — converging with Father's Day proximity into a clinically rich moment. This week's analysis applies attachment theory, Doka's disenfranchised grief framework, and the CCMMP's relational and virtue premises to help clinicians respond with both precision and pastoral depth.