
Even though Eastern-style meditation techniques such as transcendental meditation and mindfulness are taking the country by storm, researchers at Brown University are sounding the alarm about the very real risks associated with these practices that are getting far too little publicity.
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October 18
“The proficient who would thus live a little better each day by the spirit of the Rosary, would reach the contemplation of the mystery of Christ, a certain penetrating understanding of the life of the mystical body, or of the Church militant, suffering, and triumphant. Under the continual direction of Jesus and of Mary Mediatrix, he would enter increasingly into the mystery of the communion of saints.”
-Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
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During a press conference Monday on tax reform, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced that the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, which bans abortion after 20 weeks, has the full support of the Senate.
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A 23 year-old Michigan woman is warning women to think twice before agreeing to a long-lasting contraceptive implant that not only caused severe mood swings but migrated into her body and went missing for five months before doctors located it in her armpit.
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While marking World Food Day at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome yesterday, Pope Francis called population control “a false solution” to the problem of world hunger.
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October 17
“[The Rosary’s] form is that of a prayerful and contemplative presentation, capable of forming Christians according to the heart of Christ.”
-St. Pope John Paul II
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During this Breast Cancer Awareness month, an on-line social campaign which encourages women to go braless for a day to raise awareness of breast cancer has instead raised the ire of breast cancer survivors who say it does little more than sexualize the disease.
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CR writes:
"Oregano oil capsules from Whole Foods seems to help alleviate my sinus pain. Are these capsules associated with the New Age or the occult in any way?"
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A group of both Hindu and Catholic schoolchildren in India say they saw Our Lady standing under the altar in their church, accompanied by the scent of jasmine, the gift of contrition, and the miraculous healing of a girl’s ear problem.
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Even though transgenderism is in vogue, medical experts say much of today’s fascination with gender change therapy for children is rooted in ideology rather than sound science.
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