AH asks:
“I have a question that keeps coming up in conversations with my friends and I would like to answer them correctly. What is the Authoritative Catholic explanation of what the Magi used when reading the stars? Was it astrology or astronomy? How do we as Catholics defend the teaching of Christ on not to use Astrology if the magi did.”
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MP asks:
"Is Transactional Analysis [TA] New Age? It is being used or included with Catholic Inner Healing retreats by some well-intentioned people here in India."
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As if the Catholic faithful don’t have enough to worry about these days, scammers posing as priests are sending emails to parishioners requesting iTunes or other expensive gift cards that the “priest” claims are needed for people on his sick call list.
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A 14-year-old girl from Ohio, whose parents insisted on using natural means to treat a brain tumor, died just days before court-ordered chemotherapy could begin.
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A recent study by scientists at Sydney University has found that yoga causes musculoskeletal pain in more than one in ten participants, actually worsened more than a fifth of existing injuries, and is just as dangerous as other sports.
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The Food and Drug Administration has issued a
warning about cesium chloride (CsCl), a mineral salt that is sometimes administered to cancer patients by mouth or by injection at the hands of naturopaths and other alternative practitioners in spite of the fact that there is no evidence of its safety or efficacy in the treatment of cancer.
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Just when you thought you’ve heard it all, along comes a 30 year-old “spiritual guidance counselor” who claims to be in a serious relationship with a ghost with whom she is hoping to start a family.
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L&JH:
“Do you know anything about the practice of gua sha (or scraping) which is used to help inflammation of muscles or pain?”
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MJ asks: "
What can you tell me about Sunship Earth, a program for middle school pupils? How does it extol New Age concepts? The program has a funeral for a leaf and one to become a squirrel that loses its habitat. What New Age objective is fulfilled in this type of activity?"
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DM asks: "
My kids have gone bonkers over Fortnite and it’s becoming a daily war to get them to stop playing. Are other parents experiencing these problems? And is this game really safe for kids?"
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