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April 8 World Day Logo Human Flourishing Program ‘Symposium on Child Abuse’ sponsored by 45 NGOs and interfaith organizations gathers more than 1600 participants to listen to 73 speakers from around the world the Symposium will contribute to a greater awareness of the gravity and extent of child sexual abuse and promote more effective cooperation at every level of society in eradicating this profound evil” — Pope Francis, Pontifex, VaticanCAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, USA, April 8, 2021 /EI...

Preventing and healing child abuse involves more than medical care or social work. For many, particularly those whose abuse involved religious figures, it must incorporate faith as well. “Faith and Flourishing: Strategies for Preventing and Healing Child Sexual Abuse,” an online symposium on April 8, will bring together survivors, public health experts, and religious leaders from various traditions to explore best practices for confronting and ending such abuse as well as promoting recovery...

In times of trial and trouble, many Americans turn to the Bible for encouragement. And with good reason, according to a new study. In the middle of a global pandemic, a contentious election, and social unrest, the American Bible Society (ABS), with assistance from Harvard University’s Human Flourishing Program, found a strong correlation between Scripture reading and hope. Frequent Bible readers rated themselves 33 points more hopeful than irregular Scripture readers did in two surveys of mor...

Living with loneliness as COVID-19 pandemic rages on Loneliness has been a pernicious side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. As the world approaches a new year of social distancing and isolation, public health experts are exploring the long-term mental and physical health consequences of loneliness, and offering strategies to help people stay more connected. Early in the pandemic, Jeremy Nobel, a lecturer at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, launched the Stuck at Home (Together) initiat...

Illustration by Francescoch/iStock Bradley Riew ’18 had a calendar reliably packed from 9 a.m. to midnight. To him, that didn’t seem so bad. “You know,” he says, “you have nine hours to sleep.” On top of his schoolwork and various extracurriculars, he spent about 20 hours a week volunteering at local homeless shelters. He acknowledges now how well he fit the “overworked Harvard student” stereotype, but during sophomore year the commitments didn’t strike him as unusual. “I wa...