Do soul Suicidal people go to Heaven? Nowadays, more and more people are struggling with numerous mental and emotional problems. Some people cannot cope with the rush of the modern world; the pursuit of money, constant pressure and competition. The result is depression and the number of suicides increasing every year (especially among young people). Many Catholics wonder if a person who commits suicide has a chance to salvation. The Catholic Church's views on the matter have evolved over the years. Currently, it is maintained that suicides can make it to Heaven.
Life without question is the most precious gift we receive from the Lord. To take it away is to act against God. It is a turning away from him and a rejection of the love he gives us. However, when speaking of human actions, we must divide them into two categories: conscious actions and unconscious actions. If one's act is a deliberate manifestation against God, it is a mortal sin that excludes the possibility of salvation for the soul. If, on the other hand, a person commits suicide in an act of desperation, acting unconsciously on an impulse or under the influence of strong emotions that disable thinking, or if it is the result of a serious mental illness, we cannot speak of a mortal sin. So people who take their lives as a result of depression have a chance for salvation.
Are suicidal people going to hell
Still several years ago Church Catholicism explicitly condemned suicides. It viewed them as weak people who had turned away from God. Suicides could not have a church funeral and be buried in a cemetery among the other dead. Today, the emphasis is on empathy and understanding that a suicide, taking his most precious gift of life , does so in a state that precludes rational thought.
