Interviews
Film Reviews/Commentaries
Polite Society Reviewed by Peter Debruge Variety
Medical Journal Articles
National Trends in Mental Health–Related Emergency Department Visits Among Youth, 2011-2020 by Tanner J Bommersbach, MD, MPH; Alastair J. McKean, MD; Mark Olfson, MD, MPH; et al. JAMA May 2, 2023
The New Crisis of Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents by Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH, Elizabeth R. Wolf, MD, MPH, and Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH JAMA March 13. 2023
The New Crisis of Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents by Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH, Elizabeth R. Wolf, MD, MPH, and Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH JAMA March 13, 2023
The New Crisis of Increasing All-Cause Mortality in US Children and Adolescents by Steven H. Woolf, MD, MPH, Elizabeth R. Wolf, MD, MPH, and Frederick P. Rivera, MD, MPH JAMA March 13, 2023
Suicide and Youth: Risk Factors by Johan Bilsen1 Front Psychiatry. 2018; 9: 540.
Reasons and trends in youth's suicide rates during the COVID-19 pandemic by Ryunosuke Goto , Yusuke Okubo, Norbert Skokauskas Lancet Reg Health West Pac. 2022 Aug 11;27:10056
Prevalence and Persistence of Psychiatric Disorders in Youth After Detention. A Prospective Longitudinal Study by Linda A. Teplin, PhD; Leah J. Welty, PhD; Karen M. Abram, PhD; et al Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2012;69(10):1031-
Using Systems of Care to Reduce Incarceration of Youth with Serious Mental Illness by Chris D. Erickson American Journal of Community Psychology volume 49, pages404–416 (2012
Physical and Psychosocial Impacts of Parental Incarceration on Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review Differentiating Age of Exposure by MSK Luk, C Hui, SKM Tsang, YL Fung…Adolescent Research , 2022
General Articles on Youth Challenges/Leadership
Surgeon General issues advisory regarding effects social media has on youths’ mental health by Contemporary Pediatrics
Teens are turning to Snapchat's 'My AI' for mental health support — which doctors warn against by Melissa Rudy Fox News
USCSAHT Announces Human Trafficking Teen Video Contest Winners by Sisters Against Trafficking.
Survey exploring faith formation in young Catholics by Independent Catholic News
Pope to Hungary's Jesuits: 'Young people need consistent witness' by Deborah Castellano Lubov Vatican News
Palestinian teens jailed for raping Polish tourist in front of partner by Shlomi Heller/Wallai The Jerusalem Post
How the teen mental health crisis is turning some youth pastors into first responders by Elizabeth E. Evans Religion News Service
Suicide, Depression, and a ‘Crisis of Hope’: Offering Real Help to Our Youth in Despair by Father Roger Landry National Catholic Register
Don’t be couch potatoes!’ Pope Francis urges youth by Pope Francis Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
Pope tells young Hungarians to aim high in life by Lisa Zengarini Vatican News
His Story Commentary by Kathryn Post Religion News Service
First gathering for a group of teenagers ready for Confirmation through 4 islets in the archipelago of the Leeward Islands by Agenzia Fides
Teens Report Record Levels of Violence, Mental Health Challenges by Emily Harris JAMA February 22, 2023
How the Salesians are helping youth in Syria, a country in its 12th year of civil war by The Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
Vatican prosecutors reveal extraordinary exchange between pope and accused cardinal by Junno Arocho Esteves Religious News Service
The BBC is going to have to learn what Gary Lineker already knows – sport is political by The Independent
Texas Tech men’s basketball coach steps down following suspension for ‘racially insensitive’ comment by Jacob Lev CNN
Andi Speaks on Quality Education at the 2023 Istanbul Youth Summit by Dialogue Institute
Faith communities, elders unite to help solve Alice Springs youth crisis by CathNews
Flame: Largest Catholic youth gathering since pandemic by Independent Catholic News
Addressing the Youth Mental Health Crisis: Adults Need to Look Inward by Jen Laws HIV/HCV Watch
Brave Irish teen saves mother and daughter from drowning in Co Carlow by IrishCentral
Youth Work Promotes the Wellbeing of Young People by Youth Work Ireland
Pope thanks families hosting youths participating in WYD 2023 by Lisa Zengarini Vatican News
Screening for Depression and Suicide Risk in Children and Adolescents by US Preventive Services Task Force by JAMA. 2022;328(15):1534-1542.
Parents warned over 'tinder-style' app targeted at young people by Stephen Pitts Surrey Live
Pope Francis exhorts young people put themselves on the line. In his prepared remarks to the young members of Italian Catholic Action, Pope Francis reiterates the importance of “teaming up” in a world that tends to isolate and divide people. by Edoardo Giribaldi Vatican News
This 12-Year-Old Designed a Water Bottle You Can Eat by Jacquelyne Germain Smithsonian Magazine
North Korea executes two teenagers for 'evil' crime of watching foreign films by Charles Harrison Express
How USA teen superstar Yunus Musah slipped through Arsenal’s fingers by Nnamdi Onye Irish Examiner Link to Sports
Four groups of women religious present study on girls’ rights during pandemic by Sr Bernadette Reis,fsp Vatican News
West Roxbury teen's commitment to youth ministry leads to meeting with pope by Jacqueline Tetrault The Pilot
Pope urges African youth to be protagonists in shaping future by Elise Ann Alan Crux
How America’s conservative youth movement grew a powerhouse on the cult of rage by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service
2 people killed, 2 wounded in shooting outside Chicago high school by Brad Parks and Andy Rose CNN Link to Gun Violenceand to Murdered Children
NYCI research shows Covid-19 pandemic impacting most severely on ‘at risk’ youth by National Youth Council of Ireland Link to COVID-19 and to Irish Issues and Challenges
Teenager charged with membership of neo-Nazi terrorist group and possessing bomb-making manuals by Lizzie Dearden The Independent Link to Neo-Nazis
Study: Religion and spirituality can aid youth mental health crisis by Religion News Service Link to Mental Health/Illness
When there’s a problem, ‘we just pray’: Lebanese teen started NGO to get medical care to poor by Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report
How the great Muslim poet Rumi is helping today’s displaced youth find themselves by Michael Wolfe, Sumreena Hussain Religion News Service
A Ukrainian Teenager Invents a Drone That Can Detect Land Mines by Margaret Osborne Smithsonian Magazine
Ukrainian youth festival: hope wins over hate by Svitlana Dukhovych Vatican News
Thousands of young Catholics pray on Mount of the Beatitudes in the Holy Land by Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency/Angelus
Youth Changemakers Tackle Global Issues by Jennifer Sperbe UNICEF USA
Gun violence and the deep sadness of our teens by Bishop Robert Barron Word on Fire/Angelus Link to Gun Violence
Pope Francis: Conscientious objector Bl. Franz Jägerstätter an example for youth by Hannah Brockhaus Catholic News Agency/Angelus
This High Schooler Invented a Low-Cost, Mind-Controlled Prosthetic Arm by Margaret Osbor The Smithsonian Magazine
Anti-Trans Bills Are Directly Harming LGBTQ+ Youth Mental Health by James Factor them Link to LGBTQ Challenges
The Dangerous Experiment on Teen Girls. The preponderance of the evidence suggests that social media is causing real damage to adolescents by Jonathan Haidt The Atlantic Link to Social Media
Amid Black exodus, young Catholics are pushing the church to address racism by Alejandra Molina Religion News Service Link to Racial Challenges
A 15-year-old girl invented a solar ironing cart that's winning global respect by Sushmia Pathak NPR
Young people deserve to hear directly from Pope Francis on synod by Father Daniel P Horan, OFM National Catholic Reporter
Zimbabwean teen teaches taekwondo to fight child marriage by Farai Mutsaka The Associated Press
These High School Students Staged a Walk Out to Support Bullied Gay Classmate by Molly Sprayregan them
This Teenager Is Developing a Video Game That Assesses Your Mental Health by Lila Thulin Smithsonian Magazine
20-year-old filmmaker wins award for powerful 1-minute film about marriage by Aleteia
Sisters set troubled Filipino teens on course to self-sufficiency Brazilian Franciscan works to raise Black teen girls' self-esteem in the Amazon by Catholic News Service/Global Sisters Report
Zimbabwean teen teaches taekwondo to fight child marriage by Farai Mutsaka The Associated Press
Preventing Drug Use among Children and Adolescents by National Institute on Drug Abuse
Catholic altar girl in hiding in Pakistan after escaping abductor, Maira Shahbaz was raped, blackmailed and forced into sex work after being made to convert to Islam by Kamran Chaudhry UCA News Link to Human Trafficking
Poll: Young Americans say online bullying a serious problem by The Associated Press Link to Cyberbullying, School Bullying, and Hazing
African youth struggle with poverty and broken families by Russell Pollitt, SJ Vatican News Link to Poverty
Card. Cupich promises to be more attentive, present, available to young people by Linda Bordoni Vatican News
Book Reviews/Commentaries
Heroes with Chutzpah: 101 Tales of Jewish Trailblazers, Changemakers, and Rebels. by Kerry Olitzky and Deborah Bodin Cohen Commentary by Jeffrey Salkin Religion News Service
Blessed Are the Bored in Spirit: A Young Catholic’s Search for Meaning by Mark Hart Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Carlo Acutis: The First Millennial Saint by Nicola Gori Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Leadership for Catholic Youth Ministry: A Comprehensive Resource by Thomas East with Alejandra Agiolera-Titus, Carolyn Coll, RSM, Ann Marie Eckert, Leif Kehrwald, Sean T. Lanning, Mariette Martineau, Hohm Roberto, Cheryl M. Tholeke Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Connecting Young Adults to Catholic Parishes. Best Practices in Catholic Young Adult Ministry by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Dear Evan Hansen by Carl Kozlowski Reviewed by Carl Kozlowski The Catholic World Report
Leadership for Catholic Youth Ministry: A Comprehensive Resource by Thomas East with Alejandra Agiolera-Titus, Carolyn Coll, RSM, Ann Marie Eckert, Leif Kehrwald, Sean T. Lanning, Mariette Martineau, Hohm Roberto, Cheryl M. Tholeke Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D.Profiles in Catholicism
Connecting Young Adults to Catholic Parishes. Best Practices in Catholic Young Adult Ministry by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Teens and the Impact of Sleep on Mental Health by Slumber Yard Team Reviewed by Dr. Gregory Minnis, DPT Slumber Yard
Rejoicing in Mercy: A Prayer Commentary on the Gospel of Luke by Father Louis Cameli Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
At Eternity’s Gate: Artists of the Infinite by John O’Brien, OFM Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Quest for the Living God: Mapping frontiers in the Theology of God by Elizabeth A. Johnson Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
A Theologian’s Journey by Thomas F. O’Meara, O.P. Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D.Profiles in Catholicism
Real Presence: What does it Mean and Why Does it Matter? by Thomas F. O’Meara Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D.Profiles in Catholicism
The Words of My Father by Mark Nemetz Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D.Profiles in Catholicism
We Will Not Be Silenced by Erwin W. Lutzer Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Pauline Mysticism: Christ in the Mystical Teaching of St. Paul by Alfred Wikenhauser Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Quest for the Living God: Mapping frontiers in the Theology of God by Elizabeth A. Johnson Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Art & Prayer: The Beauty of Turning to God by Msgr. Timothy Verdon Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
The Birth of the Living God: A Psychoanalytic Study by Ana-Maria Rizzuto, M.D. Reviewed by Eileen Quinn Knight, Ph.D. Profiles in Catholicism
Separate But Faithful: the Christian right's radical struggle to transform law and legal culture by Amanda Hollis-Brusky and Joshua C. Wilson Reviewed by Daniel Brown Profiles in Catholicism
Human Anguish and God’s Power by David H. Kelsey Reviewed by Daniel Brown Profiles in Catholicism
American Catholic: the politics of faith during the cold war by D.G. Hart Reviewed by Daniel Brown Profiles in Catholicism
The Spiritual Work of Racial Justice: A Month of Meditations with Ignatius of Loyola by Patrick Saint-Jean Commentary/Excerpt by Patrick Saint-Jean National Catholic Reporter
Friendship and the Fathers: How the Early Church Evangelized by Mike Aquilina Reviewed by Dr. Jeff Mirus Catholic Culture
The Darkness Shall Be the Light by Father John O'Brien Reviewed by Adrian Cusack Westmeath Independent
Unprotected by Billy Porter Reviewed by David Oliver USA TODAY/Microsoft News
Don Amorth — La biografia ufficiale (Fr. Amorth — The Official Biography) by Domenico Agasso Reviewed by Gelsomino Del Guercio Aleteia
Afterlife by Julia Alvarez Reviewed by Mike Mastromatteo U.S. Catholic
Smile: The Story of a Face by Sarah Ruhl Reviewed by Kristen Martin NPR
Believing: Our Thirty-Year Journey to End Gender Violence by Anita Hill Reviewed by Michelle Ruiz Vogue
Jesuit at Large Edited by George Weigal Reviewed by Paul Senz The Catholic World Report
Once We Were Slaves: The Extraordinary Journey of a Multiracial Jewish Family by Laura Arnold Leibman Commentary by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service
Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography by Patrick Radden Keefe Commentary by Laurie Woolever Vanity Fair
Floating in a Most Peculiar Age; A Memoir by Louis Chude-Sokei Reviewed by Diana L. Hayes National Catholic Reporter
Providence Blue: A Fantasy Quest by David Pinault Reviewed by Zander Doby Catholic World Report
Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin Reviewed by Jordan E. DeSanto National Catholic Reporter
Miracles by Sono Ayako Reviewed by John Tuttle The Catholic World Report
Looking Ahead with Hope - Stories of Humanity, Wonder and Gratitude in a Time of Uncertainty by Eddie Gilmore Commentary by Independent Catholic News
Desire, Darkness, and Hope: Theology in a Time of Impasse Edited by Laurie Cassidy and M. Shawn Copeland Reviewed by Sr. Nancy Sylvester National Catholic Reporter
Reading the News Without Losing Your Faith by Christopher R Altieri Commentary by Independent Catholic News
Jérôme Lejeune, a Man of Science and Conscience by Aude Dugast Reviewed by Alejandro Bermudez Catholic News Agency
Television Reviews/Commentaries
Homeroom Reviewed by Danny Duncan Collum U.S. Catholic
Youth Resources
Documents
Youth Ministry USCCB
Videos
Pope Francis shares message for U.S. Catholic Youth: “Do not lose your joy”
Gen Z Voters Discuss Guns Laws & Police Reform in the US