{"id":96913,"date":"2026-07-22T16:28:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=96913"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:28:40","slug":"as-pope-warns-of-pandemic-of-loneliness-caritas-lithuania-offers-a-catholic-answer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/as-pope-warns-of-pandemic-of-loneliness-caritas-lithuania-offers-a-catholic-answer\/","title":{"rendered":"\u6559\u7687\u304c\u300c\u5b64\u72ec\u306e\u30d1\u30f3\u30c7\u30df\u30c3\u30af\u300d\u306b\u8b66\u9418\u3092\u9cf4\u3089\u3059\u4e2d\u3001\u30ab\u30ea\u30bf\u30b9\u30fb\u30ea\u30c8\u30a2\u30cb\u30a2\u304c\u30ab\u30c8\u30ea\u30c3\u30af\u3068\u3057\u3066\u306e\u7b54\u3048\u3092\u63d0\u793a"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>When Pope Leo XIV warned in both May and June about the growing loneliness and abandonment experienced by the elderly, he highlighted a challenge confronting much of the modern world. In Lithuania, the Catholic Church has already been responding to this problem.One year ago, Caritas Lithuania launched \u201cCaritas Listens,\u201d a free emotional support hotline aimed at combating loneliness among older adults. Staffed by trained volunteers, the helpline offers a compassionate listening ear, a need many callers say they lack.While the\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Staffed by trained volunteers, the helpline offers a compassionate listening ear, a need many callers say they lack.While the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":96940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-96913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102681,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/harvard-chaplain-discusses-record-breaking-number-of-conversions-at-the-university\/","url_meta":{"origin":96913,"position":0},"title":"Harvard chaplain discusses \u2018record-breaking\u2019 number of conversions at the university","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"8\u6708 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"This past spring, a record 85 people became Catholic at St. Paul\u2019s Catholic Church across the street from Harvard University, and 45 of those were Harvard students or faculty.This year, 65 have registered so far, which is keeping apace with last year\u2019s \u201cdramatic increase\u201d in conversions, Father Nathaniel Sanders, the undergraduate chaplain at Harvard, told EWTN News.Last year\u2019s group, which came from both the Harvard Catholic Center and St. Paul\u2019s, was the \u201clargest class of people becoming Catholic in our\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":102650,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/catholic-conversions-surge-on-college-campuses-hallow-data-shows\/","url_meta":{"origin":96913,"position":1},"title":"Catholic conversions surge on college campuses, Hallow data shows","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"8\u6708 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Registration for the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) has \u201cmore than doubled\u201d on college campuses across the country as Catholic conversions continue to rise, according to recent data.\u201cOn campuses of various sizes, all across the United States, Catholicism is on the rise,\u201d Hallow reported in an Aug. 19 study that found that OCIA participation increased by 87.6% from the 2024-25 school year to 2025-26.Schools with the largest number of OCIA participants include Texas A&amp;M, Arizona State University, the\u2026","rel":"","context":"Christian News","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/As-pope-warns-of-%E2%80%98pandemic-of-loneliness-Caritas-Lithuania-offers-a-Catholic-answer.jpg?fit=1536%2C2048&ssl=1","mfb_rest_fields":["title","jetpack_publicize_connections","jetpack-related-posts","jetpack_sharing_enabled","jetpack_featured_media_url"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96913"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=96913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}