42% of High School Teens Feel Persistently Sad or Hopeless | EWTN News Nightly

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A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control features disturbing numbers for the mental well-being of adolescents. The CDC report says 42% of high school teens felt persistently sad or hopeless. Nearly a quarter seriously considered attempting suicide. One Catholic chaplain says the findings go much deeper than anxiety caused by the advent of social media. Chaplain at Columbia University and a USCCB National Eucharistic Preacher, Fr. Roger Landry, joins to tell us some of the immediate takeaways from this CDC study and why he says the media analysis, while largely correct, did not go far enough. Fr. Roger discusses what the ways he suggests are that we reach out to teens who might be feeling despair and why he thinks these ideas will work. Being a teenager can be a difficult time for anyone. He explains why he thinks teens today might be feeling more anxiety than say 10 or even 20 years ago. Fr. Roger fills us in on where people can go if they want more information. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf

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• Strength in Hard Times