Detroit Catholic

2 days ago | detroitcatholic.com | Charles Fox |Greg Erlandson

(OSV News) -- Limited access to mental health care, rising substance use disorders and increasing income inequality are three likely reasons that young women and mothers are reporting declining mental health. But another reason for worsening mental health struggles that's widely cited by studies and mental health experts alike is the growing, societal-wide social isolation.

2 days ago | detroitcatholic.com | Daniel P. Meloy |Charles Fox |Greg Erlandson

Congregation of the Holy Spirit, which has served Old St. Mary's since 1893, celebrates final Mass at downtown parish on June 29DETROIT — For most of St. Mary Parish’s 191-year history in Detroit’s Greektown neighborhood, it has been served by the Holy Ghost Fathers.

2 days ago | detroitcatholic.com | Kate Scanlon |Charles Fox |Greg Erlandson

WASHINGTON (OSV News) ─ The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 26 that there is not a private right to bring a lawsuit challenging South Carolina's decision to end Planned Parenthood's participation in the state's Medicaid program. The ruling will likely allow other states to remove Planned Parenthood from their Medicaid programs. Federal law generally prohibits the use of Medicaid funds for abortion.

2 days ago | detroitcatholic.com | Charles Fox |Greg Erlandson

(OSV News) -- A ceasefire between Israel and Iran is bringing a measure of relief to the Holy Land, but Catholic humanitarians there told OSV News that real and lasting peace must ultimately be achieved. Recent strikes exchanged by Israel and Iran, accompanied by June 21 U.S. attacks on three Iranian nuclear facilities, sparked fears of a wider regional war in the Middle East.

2 days ago | detroitcatholic.com | Charles Fox |Greg Erlandson

VATICAN CITY (CNS) ─ Too often, in the name of security, war is waged against the poor, Pope Leo XIV said. The Holy Year instead indicates that safety is found in the culture of encounter, he said. The Jubilee "asks of us the restitution and redistribution of unjustly accumulated wealth, as the way to personal and civil reconciliation."The pope made his comments during a meeting marking the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking June 26.