Expert: Tom Schott - 12/27/2007

Question
what is the church stand on Psychic power/readings. does the church acknowledge such powers or is it a sin to visit them.

Answer
Tina,

 The Church considers such things as dangerous to faith and possible offenses against the first commandment. Let me quote the =US Catholic Catechism for Adults=: "Today idolatry has emerged in new forms, whenever something created is given absolute value. Examples . . . include power, money, materialism, and sports. Also, those who resort to astrology, palm reading, and interpretation of omens by mediums, clairvoyants, and others who claim to control time and history weaken their faith in God, lapse into superstition, and sometimes fall into sin."

So strictly speaking, I would say if you consult a psychic with nothing more than entertainment in mind, you have committed no sin, but what's the point?