JMT writes: “Could you please give a simple explanation for why it’s okay for Catholics to communicate with the dead but it’s not okay for mediums to do the same thing.”
Monthly Archives: November 2018
University Sued for Forcing Prof to Speak Against His Beliefs
Shawnee State University in Portsmouth, Ohio, is being sued by a professor who was punished after he declined a male student’s demand to be referred to as a woman.
All For the Best
November 6
“Our God is God. All is as He pleases. I am the happiest creature in the thought that not the least thing can happen but by His will or permission; and all for the best.”
– St. Elizabeth Ann Seton
Like a Child
November 5
“My vocation is to let myself be led like a child, one day at a time.”
-Blessed Pierina Morosini
It’s Time to Celebrate the Gift of Adoption!
November is a month set aside to recognize the love and support of adoptive parents and families who provide thousands of children with loving homes each year and to help all Americans realize that adoption is a powerful way to show women they are not alone in an unexpected pregnancy.
Screaming Man Interrupts EWTN Live Mass
EWTN’s televised Mass was interrupted yesterday when an unidentified man screaming “this is it!” approached the altar and had to be forcibly removed by EWTN security.
Biofeedback is Not New Age
(Image courtesy of Wikicommons Images, Camogoemz, CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)
AR asks: “Could you briefly describe what biofeedback is and why it is considered New Age?”
What Does Screen Time Do to a Child’s Brain?
Recent news about how some of Silicon Valley’s most accomplished executives are severely limiting their children’s use of electronic devices has made many a skeptical parent decide to give this subject another look.
City Wants Men Admitted to Women’s Shelters
Commentary by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Authorities in the city of Anchorage, Alaska, are accusing a faith-based women’s shelter of violating gender identity discrimination laws by forbidding transgendered men from using the shelter which was established to aid homeless and abused women.
Spiritual Goods
November 2
The Commemoration of All Souls
“We know our union with the brethren who have died in the grace and faith of Christ is not the least weakened or interrupted by their death. On the contrary it is strengthened by our conveying spiritual goods for their benefit.”
– Second Vatican Council
Lumen Gentium, 49
