Psychology Replaces Grace: The Neo-Church’s Therapeutic Gospel of Despair
VaticanNews portal reports on April 17, 2026, about Sr. Kakali Majhi, a “nun” of the Society of the Helpers of the Holy Souls in Purgatory, who works as a psychologist at the Jesuit-run University of Kolkata, India. The article presents her integration of psychological counseling with her “religious experience” to address mental health issues among young people, framing this combination as a mission of hope and healing. The piece exemplifies the post-conciliar Church’s systematic replacement of supernatural grace with secular therapeutic techniques, reducing the Gospel to a tool for psychological comfort rather than the means of eternal salvation.





