C writes: “I have a co-worker who’s mother attended séances with a psychic medium (the medium is Christian). The medium would start the séance with a ‘prayer of protection’. My co-worker’s mother said she always felt ‘good energy and lighter afterwards.’ The medium taught her to say, ‘I surround myself in a bubble of white light and nothing bad will come to me.’ Can you unpack some of these statements? And what resources (books, websites) can I recommend to my co-worker to help him learn more on the Catholic views of this topic?”
Yearly Archives: 2016
St. Joseph’s Hands by Claire Dwyer
Richard Zeidler, my “Uncle Dick”
Ten years ago I went for a walk with Alice von Hildebrand. The lovely Catholic philosopher and theologian had come into Phoenix to give a talk on God’s love, and desiring to enjoy the weather and the views around Camelback mountain, she found me a willing companion. Our conversation turned to my uncle, who had recently died after a terribly painful battle with stomach cancer. I had described his life to her, and then she stopped me, looked into my eyes, and said in her beautiful accent, “You’ve got to write that.” Firmly. And I knew I should, not just because when Alice von Hildebrand tells you to do something, you probably should, but also because deep down I knew it was true. So…it took me nine years, but here goes, and intentionally in time for the feast of St. Joseph the Worker, May 1st. Read the rest…
Feast of St. Joseph Worker
Joseph, patron saint of workers,
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Feast of St. Pius V, Pope
Police Disrupt ISIS Plot on Vatican
Four people were arrested by Italian authorities yesterday and issued arrest warrants for two more people in Syria who were allegedly plotting to attack the Vatican and the Israeli embassy in Rome.
Another UK Woman Dies From Pill
A 17 year-old ballerina from Romania, who had just received a scholarship to an elite dance school in England, died unexpectedly from a blood clot that doctors believe was caused by oral contraceptives, making her one of four women to have died from the pill in the UK in the last year alone.
Pro Life Movement Comes to Africa
Obianuju “Uju” Ekeocha
It was a widely publicized interview with Melinda Gates, wife of billionaire Bill Gates, that sparked a new vocation in the heart of a Nigerian biomedical scientist who realized God was calling her to fight for life on the continent of Africa.
What is the Pope Lick Monster?
Roquel Bain, 26, killed on Pope Lick, KY train trestle
AC asks: “I just heard about the 26 year-old woman who was killed on train tracks that are supposedly haunted by the Pope Lick Monster who lures people to their deaths. What is this about?”
Feast of St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin and Doctor (1347 – 1380)
“You asked for suffering…You were, in effect,
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Congress vs FDA on New RU-486 Regs
More than 70 members of Congress have sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seeking information regarding the recent loosening of regulations of a dangerous abortion-inducing drug known as Mifeprex or RU-486.
