Drug addiction

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Catholics and pot: Denver archbishop speaks out against marijuana use, U.S. drug culture

Nov 10, 2023

By Jonah McKeown

Archbishop Samuel Aquila’s new pastoral letter lays out the reasons for the Church’s teaching that drug use is immoral. Read more

Bishop Enrique Martínez Ossola of Santiago del Estero in Argentina.

Bishop warns about ‘hard times’ Argentina is going through

Sep 7, 2023

By Julieta Villar

“Drugs kill and poison the family,” the prelate said, noting that “there is no effective response from the state” and... Read more

Pope Francis gives the weekly Angelus address on Aug. 27, 2023.

Pope Francis: ‘We cannot be indifferent’ to people caught in drug addiction

Aug 27, 2023

By Hannah Brockhaus

“Behind every addiction there are concrete experiences, stories of loneliness, inequality, exclusion, lack of integration,” Pope Francis said. Read more

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Catholic drug rehabilitation facility begins to take shape in Arizona

Jul 25, 2023

By Daniel Payne

Kevin Starrs, vice president of the Kolbe Mission, says he noticed the absence of rehab facilities built specifically for Catholics.  Read more

Staff at a new facility in the Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia, that helps people recover from drug addiction.

Church in Bogotá and Bergamo join together to help drug addicts recover

May 18, 2023

By Eduardo Berdejo

The Church in Bergamo, Italy, and Bogotá, Colombia, have recently joined together to help people who have fallen into drug... Read more

'Safe injection site' denounced as false solution to Philadelphia drug problem

Nov 3, 2019

A proposal to create a supervised injection site in Philadelphia has drawn criticism from the local archbishop and others who... Read more

This man spent a week on the street with his homeless son

Jun 11, 2018

By Perry West

As the parents of a homeless son struggling with a drug addiction, Frank and his wife Deloris have done everything... Read more

 A Vatican tapestry of Louis and Zelie Martin, who were canonized on Oct. 18, 2015 in St. Peter's Square.

St. Therese of Lisieux's parents inspired this drug rehab project

Dec 20, 2017

A project to end the drug scourge in Uruguay has drawn inspiration from the parents of the “Little Flower” Saint... Read more

Pope Francis at the General Audience in St. Peter's Square, April 13, 2016.

Drugs a 'new form of slavery', Pope Francis says

Nov 25, 2016

By Elise Harris

Drug addiction is a contemporary form of slavery, Pope Francis lamented Thursday, emphasizing that a rehabilitation which restores victims' joy... Read more