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Is the Coronavirus Pandemic Signaling the End of the World?
The Internet has become a breeding ground for self-proclaimed prophets and psychics who believe the coronavirus is sign of imminent doom. What should we make of these predictions?
Steer Clear of Bio-Energetic Synchronization Technique (B.E.S.T.)
EG write: “I have a feeling that this Chiropractor is in the new age but I don’t know how to warn my Catholic Charismatic Covenant Community about him. Some of our members go to him for chiropractic treatment and nutrition counseling for healing. I know that he attends Catholic Church and I think he considers himself a good Catholic. We have been praying that the Blessed Mother will remove the blinders from his eyes and those in the Community who go to him. Now he is giving a Healing Workshop at the Community Center and I’m being ask to join. I hope that I am wrong and he is fine. I am attaching his flyer for the work shop. I did look on his website and he has some connections with Wayne Dryer.”
Now is the Time to Demand Ethical COVID-19 Vaccines!
In the rush to create a vaccine to protect the public from the coronavirus, pharmaceutical companies are once again resorting to the use of aborted fetal cell lines. Now is the time to do as our Church advises and exercise our duty to demand that the healthcare system provide ethical vaccines.
Reflections on the Value of Life from a Young Woman of Grace
Maria Middleton
Maria Middleton was a young teen when she participated in the Young Women of Grace program at her school and learned what it meant to be authentically feminine and to claim the dignity that was hers by virtue of being a daughter of God. Her life was like any other young teens until that fateful day in January 2019, when she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor on her brain stem. From that moment on, everything changed.
Fight “Pandemic Stress” With Catholicism, not Crystals
The coronavirus hucksters are out in full force, and many of them are peddling New Age gimmicks that they think you need to help you through this crisis. Don’t let “pandemic stress” induce you to buy products that offer a momentary glimmer of hope while sacrificing your spiritual health. Another very good stress reducer is CBD gummies which contain only by natural components from the hemp plant.
The Buteyko Breathing Technique Won’t Cure Your Asthma!
HM writes: “Ihave been reading the articles about alternative medicine and want to make sure of something. . . .(R)ecently I have been learning BUTEYKO breathing for relief from Asthma and I am being taught by an Asthma nurse who suffered with it herself and got cured. The Australian Asthma website teaches it and some of the doctors in the UK teach it. To be honest I think it is a reliable method and not New age, certainly the practicioner is a conventional practitioner and you are told at all times to keep your medication with you but the aim is to reduce and sometimes stop taking medication which is not a bad thing. Recently I had prayers for having done TM and Yoga and would hate to think that this is anything like that. . . . Can you advise?”
Abortion & COVID-19: They Won’t Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
True to form, the abortion industry is doing everything in its power to capitalize on the coronavirus emergency by using this pandemic to expand access to abortion. Thanks to the vigilance of the pro-life movement, many of their efforts have been successfully thwarted.
The Right (and Wrong) Way to Visualize the End of the Coronavirus
Right about now, most of the planet is experiencing “cabin fever.” After almost two weeks of confinement, we’re sick of having no where to go but the grocery store and the pharmacy. Well, if you were part of the New Age “vision board” craze, you would simply hang pictures of fun things to do on a poster board along with uplifting positive words like, “go shopping” and “have a party” and – poof! – this whole coronavirus mess would be over. Can that really work?
Plenary Indulgence Granted for Victims of COVID-19 and Those Who Pray for Them
According to a decree issued today by the Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary, a plenary indulgence is being granted for Catholics who are afflicted with COVID-19 and those who care for them, as well as those who pray for them.
