{"id":966663,"date":"2021-11-04T09:28:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T13:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=966663"},"modified":"2021-11-04T09:28:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T13:28:49","slug":"pope-francis-offers-month-of-prayers-for-the-depressed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-offers-month-of-prayers-for-the-depressed\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis Offers Month of Prayers for the Depressed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpope-francis-offers-month-of-prayers-for-the-depressed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=966663&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 Pope Francis has announced his prayer intention for the month of November, which focuses on those suffering from depression.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us pray that people suffering from depression or burnout may find support and a light from everyone that opens them to life,\u201d he said Wednesday in a video <a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/it\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2021\/11\/03\/0717\/00152.html\">message<\/a> distributed through his Worldwide Prayer Network.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWork overload and stress cause many people to experience extreme exhaustion \u2014 mental, emotional, affective, and physical exhaustion,\u201d the pontiff declared.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSadness, apathy, and spiritual fatigue end up dominating the life of people, who find themselves overwhelmed by the pace of modern life,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>These people need support from friends and a listening ear rather than advice, he suggested.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_9270664\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pope-Francis-Prays-Shadow-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9270664\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Pope-Francis-Prays-Shadow-1.jpg\" alt=\"VATICAN CITY, VATICAN - AUGUST 29: Pope Francis delivers his blessing during his General Weekly Audience in St. Peter&#039;s Square on August 29, 2018 in Vatican City, Vatican. During his speech the Pontiff said: &#039;Sadly, the joy of my Visit (to Ireland) was clouded by the recognition of the suffering caused by the abuse of minors and young people by some members of the Church. I begged forgiveness for these crimes and encouraged the efforts made to ensure that they are not repeated&#039;.\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pope Francis: \u201cWork overload and stress cause many people to experience extreme exhaustion \u2014 mental, emotional, affective, and physical exhaustion.\u201d (Getty)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLet us try to be close to those who are exhausted, desperate, and hopeless, often simply listening in silence,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause we cannot go and say to a person: \u2018No, life is not so bad. Listen to me, I\u2019ll give you the formula.\u2019 There is no formula.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pope also said that along with psychological accompaniment, which is useful and effective, the words of Jesus also help, such as his invitation: \u201cCome to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome and I will refresh you\u201d (Matt 11:28-30).<\/p>\n<p>In its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popesprayer.va\/tpv-people-who-suffer-from-depression-infographic\/\">material<\/a> accompanying the pope\u2019s video message, the Worldwide Prayer Network notes that 1 in 10 people lives with a mental health disorder and that the coronavirus pandemic \u201chas had a major impact on mental health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 Pope Francis has announced his prayer intention for the month of November, which focuses on those suffering from depression. \u201cLet us pray that people suffering from depression or &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":1893887,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-966663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}