Author Archives: Thomas J. Neal, Ph.D.

Originally at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/07/01/as-a-psychiatrist-i-diagnose-mental-illness-and-sometimes-demonic-possession/?postshare=9901467386940808&tid=ss_tw In the late 1980s, I was introduced to a self-styled Satanic high priestess. She called herself a witch and dressed the part, with flowing dark clothes and black eye shadow around to her temples. In our many discussions, … Continue reading →

Originally at: https://cruxnow.com/analysis/2016/06/27/armenia-trip-tell-us-pope-francis/ Papal trips are important for many reasons, including their geopolitical significance, their meaning for relations with other Christian churches and other faiths, their impact on the local Catholic community, and the media coverage they generate. As a result, … Continue reading →

Originally at: http://religionnews.com/2016/06/20/why-same-sex-marriage-will-pave-the-way-to-polygamy/ “What harm would it do?” This was the question frequently asked by those who supported same-sex marriage. I sought to answer that question with a pamphlet that I wrote and the Family Research Council published, titled, “The Top … Continue reading →

Originally at: https://cruxnow.com/global-church/2016/06/19/pope-says-martyrdom-not-genocide-best-word/ ROME- Pope Francis on Saturday said “martyrdom,” not “genocide,” is the best word to describe what’s happening today to Christians in places such as Iraq, Syria and Libya, where large numbers of Christians are either being killed or driven … Continue reading →

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Originally at: http://religionnews.com/2016/05/19/pope-francis-rips-bloodsucking-bosses-and-prosperity-theology/ by Rosie Scammell VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Francis has blasted employers who do not provide health care as bloodsucking leeches and he also took aim at the popular “theology of prosperity” in a pointed sermon on the dangers of … Continue reading →

Originally at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/magazine/the-sisters-who-treat-the-untreatable.html?_r=0 by GILLIAN LAUB and BROOKE JARVIS At the beginning of the 20th century, sick Americans typically died at home. By the middle of it, they mostly died in hospitals. And yet this great transformation in the geography of death … Continue reading →

Originally at: https://enlargingtheheart.wordpress.com/2011/06/12/teresa-benedicta-of-the-cross-who-are-you-sweet-light-that-fills-me-and-illumines-the-darkness-of-my-heart/ Who are you, sweet light, that fills me And illumines the darkness of my heart? You lead me like a mother’s hand, And should you let go of me, I would not know how to take another … Continue reading →

Originally at: http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2016/05/10/4459489.htm by John Haldane John Haldane is J. Newton Rayzor, Sr. Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Baylor University, Texas, and Visiting Distinguished Professor at the University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney. There is a general sense that it is not … Continue reading →

Originally at: http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2016/05/10/two-germans-two-takes-on-islam-and-democracy/ by Thomas D. Williams At different times, two celebrated German prelates have offered radically different opinions regarding Islam’s compatibility with Western civilization. One, the current cardinal archbishop of Cologne, has argued that Islam is as compatible with the European … Continue reading →