Anne Rice: the "Queen of the Occult" finds god.Hollywood -- She is the author of 25 novels of which her "sympathetic" vampire vampire, in folklore, animated corpse that sucks the blood of humans. Belief in vampires has existed from the earliest times and has given rise to an amalgam of legends and superstitions. novels are runaway best-sellers. They have sold 50 million copies. She is the chronicler of "vampires, witches and soft-core sado-masochistic encounters (Newsweek Entertainment, Dec. 19, 2005)". Now she has returned to her Catholic roots which she abandoned at age 18 in favour of atheism atheism (ā`thē-ĭz'əm), denial of the existence of God or gods and of any supernatural existence, to be distinguished from agnosticism, which holds that the existence cannot be proved. . Consequently, she is being hailed in the secular as well as the Catholic press (e.g., Toronto's Cath. Reg., Dec. 10, 2005). Her name is Anne Rice and to millions of readers she has dressed up vampires as lonely souls who are misunderstood mis·un·der·stood v. Past tense and past participle of misunderstand. adj. 1. Incorrectly understood or interpreted. 2. , unable to understand beauty and compassion, but they are always thirsting, always hungry for something she once had--her faith. Rice removed all references to Christianity and Christian themes of good and evil from her books. Under a different name, she published three pornographic novels. Now Rice believes that all this former writing has been a training ground for a new genre of novels that she is tackling--the life of Christ. The first of four projected books has just been published: Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt. (A book review by Claudine Goller appears on page 44 in this issue of C.I.) Rice does tell us that by the end of the 1990's she had come to the realization that she should return to the Church. So she went to a priest, went to confession and went back to the Church. Comment Although she seems to have Catholic supporters, including a retired archbishop, before rushing to welcome the "lost" sister, we should want to wait just a little longer before acclaiming her. While it is heartening heart·en tr.v. heart·ened, heart·en·ing, heart·ens To give strength, courage, or hope to; encourage. See Synonyms at encourage. Adj. 1. to hear that Anne Rice has returned to the Catholic faith, and calls herself a "con servative" Catholic On a CBC (1) (Cell Broadcast Center) See cell broadcast. (2) (Cipher Block Chaining) In cryptography, a mode of operation that combines the ciphertext of one block with the plaintext of the next block. television interview, December 11, 2005) yet she applauds women priests List of women priests-In many denominations the ordination of women is a new phenomenon. This is true enough that those so ordained gain some attention. This list deals with that and will include female Bishops as well, but due to historical differences deaconesses will not be ; same-sex "marriage;" and married clergy, indicating that her knowledge of the Church leaves something to be desired. More importantly, however, spiritual writers of renown believe that after a career of writing on such degrading TO DEGRADE, DEGRADING. To, sink or lower a person in the estimation of the public. 2. As a man's character is of great importance to him, and it is his interest to retain the good opinion of all mankind, when he is a witness, he cannot be compelled to disclose subjects, much effort and spiritual grace are needed to consolidate the recovery. |
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