Research by the University College London (UCL) has found that more than a quarter of people who regularly attend residential meditation programs such as Vipassana or Koan experience “unpleasant” episodes including feelings of fear and anxiety.
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A worldwide furor erupted over a listing on Etsy that claimed to be selling “Real Catholic Hosts, consecrated by a priest.” Thanks to quick action by the faithful, the listing was removed and Etsy has confirmed that it was posted in violation of its policy.
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CV asks: "
Have you ever heard of the dissident 'Catholic' group called The Grail? If you have any research, I would love to see it."
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After a decade-long fight for her life, Asia Bibi, a Pakistani Catholic wife and mother who was falsely accused of blaspheming the Prophet Mohammed and sat on death row in prison for nearly ten years before being acquitted, has now safely relocated to Canada.
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More than 82,000 American people have signed on to a petition demanding that public schools in the United States stop forcing Buddhist meditation practices such as mindfulness on students in violation of their religious liberty.
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JS writes:
"I was wondering if you could explain to me what ties if any the game bakugan has to the occult. My son, who is in kindergarten, came home begging for bakugan items that he had seen other kids had at school. I thought that I had heard it had ties to the occult but not familiar enough with the game/video and could not find any occult information on it from the internet. We would not allow the game, figures or cards into our house but I have had a hard time explaining exactly why he could not have the items. Do you have an easy way to explain occult to children? I am also wondering if StarWars The Clone Wars" has occult ties."
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Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
The Planned Parenthood clinic where Pennsylvania state Rep. Brian Sims claimed to be defending women by harassing pro-life protestors has a history of state health and safety violations.
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AL writes: "I am wondering what information you have on rebirthing and sozo prayer."
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How could a lawmaker who calls himself a "champion of women" do so after filming himself harassing women who were peacefully praying outside of a Philadelphia Planned Parenthood clinic? So asked Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles J. Chaput in a hard-hitting
statement wherein he called the outrageous conduct of Rep. Brian Sims (D) “unbecoming of an elected official.”
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JR writes:
“Do you have any information on a Friar Elias of the Grace Mercy Order who is claiming to receive messages or "transmissions" from Our Lady? It seems there is no oversight of a superior, there is no investigation ... nothing. He is all over YouTube.”
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