A recent article in The Atlantic highlights the crisis of isolation befalling the United States. Americans have never been—or felt—more solitary, especially the younger generations. And the consequences are often fatal: loneliness is a major cause of the recent spikes in depression, anxiety, and suicide, which are at unprecedented levels.
In this episode of The Word on Fire Show, Bishop Barron and Matt Petrusek discuss the loss of our social bonds and how Catholic thought can help heal and re-unite us.