What the algorithm cannot achieve The Encyclical Dilexit nos, “He Loved Us...”, by Pope Francis, is surprising from its very wording: on the human and divine love of the heart of Jesus. It is one...
Family and Society
Resources map on the family
This map of resources about the family is a selection of useful publications recommended by experts. Life is full of surprises, some pleasant and some not so pleasant. Building and maintaining a...
Historic Christmas, a source of peace
Christmas, Light for these days Historic Christmas is a source of peace. A tale of more than 2000 years continues to fill millions of people around the world with peace. The birth of a child is...
Surrounded by Idiots
How to understand those who cannot be understood The book Surrounded by Idiots, by Thomas Erikson, is an excellent aid to understanding - and making oneself understood - by the people we work with....
Overcoming Psychological Wounds
Introduction to psychological wounds Overcoming Psychological wounds, definition and causes. In two articles we will enter the world of psychological wounds, with the aim of getting to know them...
Vocation to Love. Vocation to Celibacy
It's moving to see a young passionate person. Even more if what they are passionate about is finding true love. Jesus met a young man like that. so much did he search for this true love that he ran...
Taste, desire and will in Michael Ende
This new article in the series Literature and Feelings deals with taste, will and desire, starting with Michael Ende's The Neverending Story. Table of contents Between taste and will Freedom Beyond...
Prevention for mental health from childhood: communication
Communication is key for the good functioning of a work team, in companies, in the family, for mental health in general and in a special way for children. The idea for this article was given to me...
Euthanasia, Suicide and Vaccines
Medicine's defeat in euthanasia, triumph in vaccination Do euthanasia, suicide and vaccination have anything in common? In my early years as a medical student, a professor told us: "You treat...
Ivan Ilyich: what a life is worth living
Literature, this time with Ivan Ilyich, teaches us once again that life is worth living. The experience of the last epidemic that has struck the whole world and that still continues to plague us has...
Prevention for mental health from childhood: affection
We started a series of articles to help prevent mental health from childhood, in the family, where receiving and giving affection is key. Table of contents: prevent with affection from childhood...
Male and Female He created Them
Towards a path of dialogue on the question of Gender theory in Education Male and female he created them is an article from the Congregation for Catholic Eduaction. The importance of Facts. If they...
The mystery of death, to live with joy
A phenomenological and psychological approach Mystery of death helps to live with joy. November is a good time to remember. Ever since death came into the world, it has been a cause for concern but...
Logotherapy and religion
Last 2nd September marked the 26th anniversary of the Austrian psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl, well known throughout the world for being the creator of the third Viennese school of psychiatry,...
Biography of John B. Torelló
Updated biography of John B. Torelló Barenys (Joan Baptista). He was born in Barcelona on November 7, 1920, and died in Vienna on August 15, 2011. Torelló was a Spanish Catholic priest of the...
Young people’s emotional health
Mental health and emotionality in times of coronavirus Covid, as it is known, has changed lives and affected young people's emotional health. Shortly before writing these lines, a young teacher...
Be Who You Are
How to build a happy personality This book Be Who You Are: Developing Your Christian Personality, is about how to improve one’s personality, self-esteem and virtue. Several authors from different...
The Father of Your Sons
Male and female complementarity Javier Vidal-Quadras I remember, when my children were young, a friend, who only had daughters, saying to me, “From time to time, I will borrow some of...
Has the coronavirus changed the world?
Coronavirus and the post-pandemic world: a new War Not long ago we wondered whether the coronavirus would change the world for the better. Now, with a new war raging in the heart of Europe, with...
Tenet explained: psychologically and spiritually
Tenet and our longing for God Christopher Nolan's film Tenet, analyzed in its psycho-spiritual dimension, shows a human aspiration. We will not tell the details of the story, which each one has to...
Tips for mental and spiritual health
Mental and spiritual health care How to be positive and optimistic in the face of the unknow. Updated while waiting for a third winter: Will there be a new wave of coronaviruses? Uncertainty...
Video: How to forgive your parents
(Watch this video on YouTube) The Father effect. Forgiving your own Father Parents are not born knowing how to help their children grow. Many psychological wounds can be due to difficulties in the...
Educating in Virtue: the Interior Gymnasium
Building a good and happy personal life By Iván López Casanova There is a certain idea gaining currency that, in one’s personal life and especially in the education of children, the...
Antibodies against infidelity
How to be faithful in love Building antibodies against infidelity is key. On several occasions, I have received references from studies on the health benefits of fidelity and mutual love. But the...
The Lid of Discord or Harmony in marriage
My wife noticed the mess of a canister filled with paddle tennis balls with the lid off... and she closed it... By Javier Vidal-Quadras Last Sunday I went to play paddle tennis. I opened a...
Praying for peace with St. Thomas More
Faith and Hope of Thomas More, Patron Saint of Politicians We offer an original prayer of St. Thomas More, to pray for peace. The battle that achieves peace is the struggle of each person within...
Is Covid-19 God’s punishment?
Is it possible to find any good in the pandemic? God is far too great for us to be able to judge his actions, but we can get some insights from what we know of Him. Original article in...
Light after depression
A bishop tells of his experience of suffering from depression Most Rev. James D. Conley, Bishop of Lincoln, joined Dr. James Link, a Catholic clinical psychologist via Zoom, to discuss the...
Digital suffocation
Young people threatened by social networks and Internet Expert in youth education explains, from his daily experience, how to improve mental health in a world of screens. Chema Camean (Vanallinna...
Common Manias that take Away Freedom
Manias are like Limpets that Stick to our Lives and it is Hard to get Rid of Them By Javier Vidal-Quadras This morning I had a double surprise: I went into the kitchen and found the...