Bishop Chylinski’s Mental Health Message: A Symptomatic Omission of the Supernatural
The National Catholic Register reports that Auxiliary Bishop Keith Chylinski of Philadelphia, in a video message for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) marking Mental Health Awareness Month, urged the faithful to reject stigma around mental health, stating that God “wants us to be healthy mind, body, and soul” and that “in Christ there is always hope.” Bishop Chylinski, who studied clinical psychology, praised advances in medical science and psychotherapy over the past 50 years, encouraging those struggling to seek resources and asserting that “there is no shame in asking for help.” The message emphasizes the interconnection of spiritual, physical, and mental well-being, but conspicuously reduces the Church’s supernatural mission to a therapeutic support system, omitting any mention of sin, grace, sacraments, or the eternal destiny of the soul.




