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A suicide prevention sign is seen on the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco in 2008. National Suicide Prevention Month is observed in September. (OSV News photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Experts share 6 ways to help prevent suicide ahead of Suicide Prevention Month

Katie Yoder|Aug 6, 2025|8 Min Read

A view of the "Sarco" suicide machine is seen during a presentation by The Last Resort in Zurich July 17, 2024. The 3D-printed capsule, created by Australian physician and euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke, gives the user ultimate control over the timing of her/his death. Following the Sept. 23 death of an American woman in the capsule in Switzerland, Bishop Felix Gmür of Basel, president of the Swiss bishops' conference, said the device is "dangerous" and that people willing to use the capsule should be deferred to palliative care instead. (OSV News photo/Denis Balibouse, Reuters)

English bishop says new ‘euthanasia machine’ is ‘shocking, and deeply sad’

Charles Collins|Oct 2, 2024|4 Min Read

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Word on Fire launches mental health, suicide prevention ministry inspired by Shia LaBeouf

Kate Quiñones|Sep 26, 2024|5 Min Read

Father Daniel Lopez celebrates a bilingual Mass of Remembrance Sept. 7 at St. Agnes Church in Los Angeles for those who have lost loved ones to suicide. (John McCoy)

LA Mass seeks to help mourners of suicide loss ‘live again’

Steve Lowery|Sep 24, 2024|5 Min Read

“Suicide of Portia,” by Luca Giordano, 1634-1705, Italian. (Wikimedia Commons)

Losing a loved one to suicide

Father Ronald Rolheiser, OMI|Jun 13, 2024|4 Min Read

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Deaths by suicide reach ‘highest number ever recorded’; ideation likely higher, expert says

Peter Pinedo|Nov 30, 2023|4 Min Read

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Experts: Mental health ministry a dire need across the U.S. church

OSV News|Jan 19, 2023|6 Min Read

A file photo shows a doctor's "suicide kit" in London. Anscombe Bioethics Centre in Oxford, England, has released a new paper that shows the introduction of assisted suicide is invariably followed by increases in all kinds of suicide, particularly among women. (CNS photo/Stefan Wermuth, Reuters)

Study: Nations with euthanasia, assisted suicide have higher suicide rates

Simon Caldwell|Nov 10, 2022|4 Min Read

People line up to place carnations in memory of suicide victims during the Diocese of Phoenix’s Mass of Remembrance at Ss. Simon & Jude Cathedral in Phoenix Sept. 4, 2022. (Brett Meister/The Catholic Sun via CNS)

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Ministry helps families of suicide victims

John Lavenburg|Nov 8, 2022|5 Min Read

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A new mental health crisis sends the Catholic ‘field hospital’ into triage

Elise Ureneck|Apr 28, 2022|10 Min Read

Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Florida, and Garrett Cathcart, director of Mission Roll Call, are seen in this undated photo. They are both U.S. Army veterans. (CNS photo/courtesy Cavalry Strategies)

Federal bill hopes to decrease veterans' suicide rate

Mark Pattison|Sep 10, 2020|3 Min Read

A person in New Orleans waits for the bus April 7, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)

The pandemic's devastating effect on American mental health

R.W. Dellinger|Jul 2, 2020|8 Min Read

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