Author Fr Antonio Ritaccio joins the podcast this week to talk his new CTS book, 'Finding God in Anxiety and Depression'.In this very practical episode, Fr Antonio explores what we mean when we use the words anxiety and depression, what to do if you suffer from them, Catholic teaching about suicide and why forgiving those in our lives who cause us pain allows us to live more freely.

(0:00) Intro

(3:44) Depression in my family home

(5:37) Defining Anxiety & Depression

(9:01) Gen Z: The Anxious Generation

(13:24) The four elements of depression

(18:18) Mental Health & Spirituality

(25:09) Understanding Suicide

(32:16) The need for community

(36:45) How to forgive

(43:11) Why do bad things happen to good people?

(50:05) How to find God in our suffering

(1:00:21) Advice for those struggling

Want to go deeper? Get the book here: https://www.ctsbooks.org/product/finding-god-in-anxiety-and-depression/

About the book:When you’re navigating anxiety and depression, it’s hard not to feel abandoned by God.

However, in Finding God in Anxiety and Depression, Fr Antonio Ritaccio reveals how mental health struggles can lead to deeper intimacy with Him.

Accessible, honest and rooted in Catholic spirituality, this book offers practical ways to find hope, healing and meaning amid your suffering.

What do we know about Pope Leo XIV? First of all, he is an Augustinian!

The Augustinians are a religious order of friars who live out the spirituality of St Augustine of Hippo, the author of the spiritual classic, 'Confessions'.

Piero met up with Fr Gladson Dabre, Provincial of the Augustinians in Britain, to explore what we can expect from Pope Leo's leadership.

St Augustine was the author of the highly influential works 'Confessions' and 'The City of God' - both of which Fr Gladson explores, before unpacking how they might influence Pope Leo's leadership of the Catholic Church.

Did you know that Church attendance in the UK is growing, especially among young people? This year, 'The Quiet Revival Report' demonstrated that Church decline in England and Wales has not only stopped, but the Church is growing, as Gen Z leads an exciting turnaround.The authors of our new book, 'After Secularisation' joined us to explore that Catholic story of The Quiet Revival, live at our book launch at WeBelieve Festival!Authors Bernadette Durcan, Dr Hannah Vaughan-Spruce & Professor Stephen Bullivant explore what happens after a society has become as secular as it can, how COVID changed things and why young men seem to be leading this renewal in the Church.You can get the book here: https://ctsbooks.org/after-secularisation/

And you can find out more about WeBelieve Festival here: https://webelievefestival.com

'The question what is a woman rests on a prior question which is what is a person?'This week, we have a great guest with us, Dominican sister Sr Carino Hodder OP, author of the new book, 'The Dignity of Women in the Modern World'!In this episode, Piero and Sr Carino explore her conversion from new atheism and her journey to becoming a nun, why a feminism that asks women to be like men doesn't work, St Pope John Paul II's call for women to create a new feminism and why feminists are coming to catholic conclusions.In the book, Sr Carino invites us to look directly at woman in the light of God and find her true meaning, offering an inspired and inspiring understanding of woman’s nature and mission as virgin, bride, and mother, shaped by the nature and mission of the Church herself, the Bride of Christ.You can get the book here: https://www.ctsbooks.org/product/the-dignity-of-women-in-the-modern-world/

How did the first Christians sing their prayers? What traditions did they draw on? And how do we sing our prayers today?

Sir James MacMillan is one of today’s most successful composers and performs internationally as a conductor. In this podcast, we explore how his Scottish heritage and Catholic faith inform his work as a composer and the contribution he has made to Church music.

Sir James explains how the Christian faith shaped Western Music as a whole and how the Jewish chant of Jesus' day went on to develop the Church's tradition of Gregorian Chant.

Drawing from their experience of parenting ten children, Mike and Alicia Hernon of the Messy Family Project share how to reveal God’s love to the world through your marriage and family, the keys to authentic parenting, how to nurture the Catholic faith at home, and why accepting the joyful messiness of life is essential for raising a happy, holy family.

Learn more about the Messy Family Project: https://messyfamilyproject.org/

Catholic books for families: http://bit.ly/4eSsl6A

Catholic children's books: https://bit.ly/3ICJ41n

If "wellbeing" and "self-care" are supposed to make us happy, why are we unhappier than ever? Professor Jacob Phillips explores how today's therapeutic trends measure up against the Catholic vision of true human flourishing.

Why do children need real heroes, clear villains, and fairy tales that tell the truth?

Author Haley Stewart joins Into the Truth to explore how stories shape children’s imagination, prepare them for the Gospel, and why today’s Disney falls short. From Tolkien and Jane Austen to Harry Potter and the Brothers Grimm, this is a call to reclaim storytelling that forms virtue and reveals eternal truths.

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