RM asks: “Is it okay for a Catholic to use practices such as Reflexology and Reiki when they are doing so in order to help people?”
A Catholic school teacher expressed concern to us about a sleepover game known as the Baby Blue, Baby Blue game and popularized by TikTok in which children hide in a bathroom and invoke the spirit of a dead baby. Should parents be concerned about this game?
Just weeks before his feastday, the relics of St. Nicholas of Myra were stolen from a church in France and destroyed by a man who claimed he committed the deed because he considered the veneration of relics to be a form of idol worship.
After years of positive studies about the alleged benefits of mindfulness, the latest science is revealing a darker side. Some Catholic therapists, however, such as the one we interviewed last week, discovered on their own that this therapy is not nearly as successful as people think – and it’s definitely not Catholic.
As part of a $10 million settlement, a major Texas children’s hospital that had been performing gender transition surgery on minor for years is now required to open the nation’s first official detransition clinic and to offer its services free-of-charge for five years.
Despite the prevalence of mindfulness-based programs in everything from health care to the classroom, the science behind these methods remains far from conclusive.
I want to share an old news story with our New Age blog friends. Although it dates back to 2010, this teaching given by Cardinal Timothy Dolan on the Communion of Saints, explaining why Catholics have been enjoying "harmony with the universe" much longer than New Agers - is as relevant today as it was 15 years ago.
A recent discussion about graveyard magic on Wacky Wednesday led to a further exploration of one of its filthier practices – the use of graveyard dirt. Is this really a thing?
A self-proclaimed witchdoctor has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a young mother who allegedly wanted to become his “apprentice.”
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