The Enneagram is a nine-sided figure that looks like a theorem straight from Euclid’s Elements. Instead of teaching basic mathematical facts, however, the Enneagram purports to teach a path to enlightenment, a path that Church […]
Last year, Rick Warren, a founder of the movement called the “Emergent Church,” hosted the first presidential forum between John McCain and Barack Obama. Held at Warren’s Saddleback Church in Southern California, the forum reflected […]
In March, the Committee on Doctrine of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued Guidelines for Evaluating Reiki as an Alternative Therapy. This brief document is signed by Bishops William Lori (Bridgeport), Leonard […]
Last May, the United States Conference of Catholic bishops issued a statement condemning the occult practice of Reiki. That statement has had an ambiguous impact on religious orders, convents, retreat houses, and hospitals. In the […]
In September of 2010, Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis denied the Eucharist to rainbow sash-wearing members of the group PRiSM (People Representing the Sexual Minority) from St. John’s University in Collegeville. In […]
In a Napa Valley pharmacy, I came upon 10 people in a circle listening to a woman instruct them on Reiki, a therapy based upon “universal energy.” She walked around them, resting her hands on […]
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