Good Humor and Holiness, Prayer attributed to Thomas More (London, 1478-1535) Thomas More was a saint whose good humor stood out, and perhaps that is why he is credited with this well-known prayer:...
Mental Health
Mental health jubilee: meeting of professionals
On Saturday, April 5, 2025, in Rome, on the initiative of the Joan Baptista Torelló Research Group, a Meeting of Mental Health Professionals will be held on the occasion of the Jubilee of the Sick...
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...
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...
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...
Anxiety, depression and burnout
Psychology and Christian life: anxiety, depression and burnout Anxiety and nervousness. Sadness and depression. Professional stress or burnout. Knowing these symptoms, which affect many people, is...
Unveiling Schizophrenia
We present the first article published by John B. Torelló in issue 3 of the journal Studi Cattolici, with the title "Will Schizophrenia be unveiled?". See glossary for definition of schizophrenia....
Spiritual accompaniment in illness
Understanding the meaning of physical and psychological suffering The spiritual accompaniment of the sick is an art, like all spiritual direction, with major challenges. In this article or script,...
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,...
Frankl for the Woman and Man of Today
Frankl: The Contribution of Man’s Search for Meaning to our Time Viktor E. Frankl is well known today as a psychiatrist and philosopher. Frankl was born into a Jewish family in Vienna on March 26,...
Psychological and Spiritual Maturity in Modern Life
Reception of Wenceslao Vial's book in Brazil The book Psychological and Spiritual Maturity (Madurez Psicológica y Espiritual), by Wenceslao Vial, has been translated into Portuguese. It was...
Abandoning Pornography in Four Steps
Happy life without the slavery of pornography Watching pornography harms the body and mind. Abandoning Pornography in Four Steps presents a practical way to cut out this dark, joy-sapping vice or...
Research in Psychology and Spiritual Life
Research Group in Psychology and Spiritual Life The Pontifical University of the Holy Cross has received as a donation the personal archive Professor Joan Baptista Torelló. At the same university a...
Psychology of a Vocation
A book on Christian vocation and its psychological dimension The book Psychology of a Vocation provides men and women with vocations in the Church, especially within vocations that embrace celibacy,...
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...
Marijuana, love and health
Marijuana, benefits and risks Marijuana love and health, includes in the title something that this drug cannot provide. The access to marijuana nowadays has been accelerated in an unprecedented way....
Burnout in Pastoral Work
Burnout, as a form of depression, in pastoral or ministerial work. 20 minutes video. The International Classification of Diseases, has included burnout as an occupational phenomenon, but not as a...
Yoga and Mindfulness in Christian life
How to assess the usefulness of yoga and mindfulness What is the usefulness and goodness of mindfulness and yoga for the Christian life? Are these Eastern techniques a source of lasting peace in...
Sleeping problems and insomnia
Understanding and coping with sleep problems Sleeping problems are very frequent. Insomnia is difficulty falling or staying asleep, or waking up early. The person may not be aware of not having...
Glossary of Psychology and Spiritual life
Common concepts in Psychological and Spiritual Maturity This Glossary of Psychology and Spiritual life will help those who wish to deepen their understanding of these two dimensions. In the main...
Learning to work as a team
Working in a group is not just about efficiency Learning to work as a team is very important. We remind some keys to forming a good team, which allows to make decisions and push forward a common...
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...
Depression: what to say and what not to say
Dealing with depression with optimism Depression affects almost 15% of the world's population. The recent pandemic has increased the frequency of depressions. It is key to know what to say and what...
Accompanying psychologically wounded people
Helping people with psychological wounds As we said in the first part of the guide, we hope that these lines will help us to recognize and better understand our own way of being and that of others....
Bipolar disorder and mania
Mania is an abnormal mood state with excessively elevated and expansive, euphoric mood tone, tendency to talk rapidly, psychomotor excitement, hyper-evaluation of oneself and one's own abilities,...
Mental Health and personality
Personality and Spiritual Life in 14 minutes videos 14 minute videos about personality, sexuality and spiritual life. It deals with gender ideology, hormone treatments and sex change interventions....
Psychosis, Delusions and Hallucinations
The term psychosis includes mental disorders in which there is a profound fracture or loss of contact with reality, which prevents the person from an adequate assessment of the real world. The two...
Addictions
Addiction or dependence is the urgent need for a substance (alcohol, drugs); or to perform a certain behavior (behavioral addictions such as gambling or pornography, or internet addiction), leading...
Obsession and compulsion
Obsession is an alteration of the content of thought The thinking of an obsessive person is invaded by irrational and repetitive ideas, perceived by the subject as his own but absurd or exaggerated....