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Participants are led through a prayer for those wanting to receive healing during a healing service led by Father Mathias Thelen of Encounter Ministries at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Brighton, Michigan, on Dec. 6, 2024.

Healing service in Michigan provides a window into the Catholic charismatic movement

Dec 17, 2024

By Martin Barillas

On the evening of Dec. 6, Father Mathias Thelen, co-founder and president of Encounter Ministries, spoke to a near-capacity congregation... Read more

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Charismatic Renewal in Spain accepts bishops’ ‘intergenerational healing’ guidance

Dec 2, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

The Charismatic Renewal in Spain has accepted “with filial obedience” the recent doctrinal note by the country’s bishops on “intergenerational... Read more

Women holding hands in prayer. Stock image via Shutterstock.

‘Intergenerational healing’ has no basis in Catholic doctrine, Spanish bishops affirm

Nov 28, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

The Spanish Bishops’ Conference has published a doctrinal note criticizing the practice of so-called “intergenerational healing” or “healing of the... Read more

Des Moines’ St. Ambrose Cathedral has been the site of Prairie Fire Ministries’ monthly healing services.

Iowa healing ministry temporarily suspended over ‘canonical concerns’

Aug 9, 2024

By Jonah McKeown

Prairie Fire Ministries says it received approval from its bishop in 2021. Read more