Indian Hierarchy Promotes Naturalism in Mental Health Agenda
Catholic News Agency portal (January 8, 2026) reports the conciliar sect in India has established a “mental health ministry” to address rising suicide rates and psychological disorders among religious and laity. The initiative involves collaboration with the International Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers, founded by permanent deacon Ed Shoener following his daughter’s suicide. The article quotes “Archbishop” Thomas Tharayil claiming mental health must be a “major concern” due to increased family conflicts and suicides, while “Sister” Joan Chunkapura attributes psychological disorders to “stress and uncertainty and work pressure.” This campaign exemplifies the neo-church’s surrender to psychiatric naturalism and abandonment of sacramental theology.
Reduction of Spiritual Maladies to Natural Causes
The article reduces mental suffering to purely naturalistic causes, stating depression arises from “work pressure” and “uncertainty” rather than spiritual crises. This contradicts the Church’s teaching that “the disorders of the soul are infinitely more dangerous than bodily ills” (Pope Pius XI, Mens Nostra). By omitting any mention of demonic influence, loss of faith, or the state of grace, the conciliar sect promotes the modernist heresy condemned in Lamentabili Sane: “Revelation was merely man’s self-awareness of his relationship to God” (Proposition 20).
“Depression and anxiety and other personality disorders are on the increase due to stress and uncertainty and work pressure.”
Such statements ignore the Council of Trent’s definition of concupiscence as the root of human disorder (Session V). The true Church administers the Sacrament of Penance for guilt and Holy Eucharist for spiritual strength, not psychological counseling for “personality disorders.”
Ecumenical Infiltration and Masonic Methodology
The involvement of Deacon Shoener’s organization exposes the initiative’s ecumenical foundations. The International Association of Catholic Mental Health Ministers operates in 75 countries, imposing a universalist anthropology contrary to Quas Primas: “The Roman Pontiff can, and ought to, reconcile himself… with modern civilization” (Syllabus of Errors, Proposition 80). This global network implements the Masonic ideal of worldwide brotherhood through psychological manipulation rather than conversion to Christ the King.
Undermining Priestly Formation and Religious Life
The article admits “dozens of priests and nuns have died by suicide in the past two decades,” blaming “sexual exploitation” rather than the conciliar sect’s destruction of religious discipline. True religious life, as defined by Pope Pius XII in Sponsa Christi, requires strict asceticism and obedience – principles abandoned by post-conciliar communities. The “guidelines” being prepared will doubtless promote therapeutic techniques over the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius, accelerating the apostasy of consecrated souls.
Syncretic Spirituality Replacing Sacramental Grace
The conference examined “the difference between mental health and spiritual well-being,” implying these are separate domains. This Gnostic division was condemned by Pope St. Pius X: “Modernists place the cause of faith in… religious sense which springs from the need of the divine” (Pascendi Dominici Gregis 7). The article substitutes “spiritually accompanying individuals” for administering Last Rites to the despairing – a mortal failure of pastoral duty.
Omission of Eschatological Reality
Nowhere does the article mention Hell, judgment, or the eternal consequences of suicide – omissions revealing the neo-church’s implicit universalism. Contrast this with Pope Benedict XV’s prayer for suicides: “Almighty God… grant unto the soul of Thy servant N., who departed this life voluntary, the remission of all his sins” (Rituale Romanum). By replacing exorcisms with counseling sessions, the conciliar sect denies the supernatural warfare raging for souls.
The mental health ministry constitutes apostasy masquerading as compassion. As St. Augustine warned: “They promise freedom while they themselves are slaves of corruption” (2 Peter 2:19). Only restoration of the sacramental economy under Christ the King can heal India’s spiritual sickness.
Source:
Indian Church takes up mental health ministry as ‘major concern’ (catholicnewsagency.com)
Date: 08.01.2026