The Catholic Church is a worldwide religious organization with a large number of believers. The number of Catholic Christians constantly rises worldwide: the reason for that is the prevalence of psychological and spiritual problems around the globe, and the Christian belief system helps people cope with them. Many people encounter a lack of belief and lose any sense of life. Depression and suicide rates are high, especially in developed countries; anxiety and apathy are widespread. The Church is one of the solutions: it provides a strong belief system and an extensive worldwide supportive community.
In my opinion, the Church is well suited to cope with all those psychological problems widespread in the modern world. Modern Catholic Church is much more tolerant than in previous centuries, and it is open to all people. When one loses the sense of life, depression, and anxiety begin; those depressed can find the sense of life in God, and the Church will help them find Him. Those who lost their ways in life will find the support of fellow believers and church priests. People will develop their mental health through prayers, individual spiritual work, and conversations with fellow believers. In church confessions with the priest, believers can better understand themselves, their hidden motifs, feel relief after their improper actions, and lose motivation to perform them again. Thus, the experience with the Catholic Church will lead to better, more fulfilled, and less sinful lives.
I remember my experience of visiting Catholic churches: those are vivid and beautiful memories, full of purity and kindness. During the church service, there are choral singings charged with strong and really divine emotions. Catholic priests are people, and they all are different, but those I have met were kind and understanding people, ready to help and support. The confession with a good priest is similar to psychotherapy: one reveals darker sides of the psyches, confessing in their actions and swear not to perform evil deeds, releasing the negative feelings and intentions and letting them go. After choral singings and confessions, I always felt purity, relief, and easiness; sadness, guilt, and other hard feelings left me. I also saw that the church community was ready to support its members: if some of them had no money, other members got together and donated money for this member. I can conclude that the Church creates an environment that makes people better and supports everyone who comes into it.
Churches are maintained by their communities’ costs: they accept donations and use them to build, develop, and promote churches. Charity is crucial for the Catholic Church: one of the primary points of Christianity is the principle of mutual aid and support. Christianity considers people as sisters and brothers and claims that they should support each other to provide a better life for everyone. Due to that, charity organizations are often based on Christian churches, as a genuine following the principles of Christianity makes people ready to help others. I believe that it is another important mission of the Catholic Church: to promote charity and mutual aid around the globe.
Thus, the Catholic Church remains an important social and spiritual organization, which helps people find their ways and maintains a strong and supportive worldwide community. Its strong organization and belief system, proven by centuries of existence, is ready to accept those who feel lost and help them find the meaning of life in their belief. In addition, it promotes charity and the principles of mutual aid, and its communities are ready to help their members with money and psychological support. In my opinion, if one wants to help people who are in trouble, one should consider donating to the Catholic Church: its purposes are similar, and the Church communities will use this donation to help people around the world.