LR writes: “
Our 10 yr old grand daughter attends Catholic school and apparently the series Spirit Animal has been available for the students to peruse. She has purchased and is reading one of these books. Personally I feel she could be reading much more edifying literature and have expressed this to her parent. Can these books and games be dangerous and is there more I can or should do?”
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PB asks: “
I noticed the Disney Junior TV series called "Sophia the First." She becomes a princess when her mother marries a king. There is a royal sorcerer and Sophia wears an amulet around her neck. There are also Sophia dolls, etc. Could you let me know if this show is harmless and okay to view or should we discourage this for our children.”
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DB asks: “Is the
RV show
Resurrection occult or New Age in nature?”
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Due to complaints about the New Age/occult content in the wildly successful book,
Jesus Calling, which claims to have been inspired by
God Calling, a book written by two “automatic writers” who were supposedly channeling God, publisher
Thomas Nelson has purged all references to this source from new editions of the book.
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Corriann Cervantes
Hollywood depictions of the occult never include the grisly truth about what can happen to people who willingly consort with dark powers.
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Casual dabbling in the occult has resulted in a dramatic increase in the need for exorcisms to a point that it is now becoming a pastoral emergency.
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In 2009, Susan Powell, a young Salt Lake City mother of two disappeared from her home, never to be seen or heard from again. When her husband, Josh, came under suspicion for the disappearance and possible murder of his wife, he moved to Washington state. With the children sent off to live with Susan's parents during the subsequent investigation, the family home was left empty.
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Roberto Calderoli with 6 foot snake found in his home
An Italian politician is convinced that he's been cursed by the father of a woman he once publicly disparaged and is threatening to call the Pope directly to demand an exorcism to be free of the hex.
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Father Dwight Longenecker is reporting on a Swedish rock band that openly professes their devotion to the devil and who recently splattered their shocked audience with pig's blood poured from the skull of a goat - and no one complained!
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MR writes:
"I have read recently that Roma Downey has a degree in spiritual psychology and is affiliated with many well known new agers. Should we as Catholics be concerned about this?"
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LR writes: “Our 10 yr old grand daughter attends Catholic school and apparently the series Spirit Animal has been available for the students to peruse. She has purchased and is reading one of these books. Personally I feel she could be reading much more edifying literature and have expressed this to her parent. Can these books and games be dangerous and is there more I can or should do?”
