CATHOLIC NEWS: Priests will soon be 'inundated' with exorcism requests, asserts author... PLUS 11 MORE

CATHOLIC NEWS: Priests will soon be 'inundated' with exorcism requests, asserts author... PLUS 11 MORE

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Priests will soon be 'inundated' with exorcism requests, asserts author

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 04:52 AM PDT

Front Royal, Va., Jun 18, 2010 / 06:52 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In an exclusive interview with CNA, author and pro-life leader Fr. Thomas Euteneuer discussed his recent book on the often misunderstood topic of exorcism, asserting that due to an increased exposure of young people to the occult...

Getting the Facts

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:02 PM PDT

It is sometimes said that to know everything is to forgive everything. Personally, I doubt it. Unquestionably, though, having a good grip on relevant facts is the best basis for making sound judgments about people and controversial events.

What's clouding the Catholic health care debate

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 09:04 AM PDT

Psychology 101 tells us that traumatized people are often brittle, overreacting to stress and struggling to keep things in perspective. That's an insight worth bearing in mind as the U.S. bishops and the leaders of Catholic health care in America work to overcome the rift that opened up during the recent national debate over health care reform.

Australian 'Angel' Saves Lives at Suicide Spot

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:38 AM PDT

In those bleak moments when the lost souls stood atop the cliff, wondering whether to jump, the sound of the wind and the waves was broken by a soft voice.

Bright Green Comet Easy to See This Week

Posted: 15 Jun 2010 03:19 PM PDT

A long-tailed comet at the height of its brilliance is streaking across early morning skies this week, experts say. Comet - Astronomy - Solar System - Small Bodies - Sun.

Woody's Final Roundup

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:00 PM PDT

By By Steven D. Greydanus, Register Film Critic | "Reach for the sky." That's how it all began, 15 years ago: A laconic, drawling challenge from an intrepid pull-string sheriff in a tense bedroom standoff with a tuberous one-eyed desperado. There was swagger and panache in this self-assured proclamation that a new power had entered the fray...

Parting Gift... or Papal Gaffe?

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 07:12 AM PDT

Just in case anyone thought the succession saga at the Congregation for Bishops was the only volatile backstory going these days... well, there's something else. Yesterday, prominent reports in the Polish press circulated that, in recent weeks...

Gus on Tour

Posted: 18 Jun 2010 02:42 AM PDT

While it's customary for Curial officials to start beating a trail home come month's end and the traditional summer exodus from Rome, it's worth noting that this year's influx has already begun on these shores... and with some treats, to boot.

The Hidden and Mysterious Word in the Lord's Prayer

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:01 PM PDT

In the Gospel for today's Mass the Lord gives us the most familiar prayer of all, the "Lord's Prayer." It is a prayer shared by and prized by all Christians. Few if any have not committed to memory. Yet hidden within the Lord's prayer is a mysterious word that both Greek and Biblical scholars have little...

Pro-choice? Pro-life? Undecided? Here's something to consider

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:10 PM PDT

A young woman faced with an unplanned pregnancy seeks an abortion. As the abortion takes place, she hears her unborn daughter describing what it's doing to her...

Southwark Cathedral allows woman bishop to carry mitre but NOT to wear it

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:16 PM PDT

The Presiding Bishop of the Anglican Church in America, Katharine Jefferts Schori, was allowed to carry her mitre when she presided at the Eucharist in Southwark Cathedral last Sunday - but not to wear it. Why? Not because The Episcopal Church (TEC, the current name of her denomination) recently ordained a lesbian priest. Indeed, the...

Go-kart race just for priests, toward a good cause

Posted: 17 Jun 2010 05:58 PM PDT

June 17, 2010. This route near Paris has hosted a unique event: 72 priests have participated in the 'Priest Cup', a a competition of go-karts driven by priests and with an ending of solidarity.