KIM LAWTON:…At the CORE\/El Centro natural healing center in Milwaukee, Sister Madeline Gianforte is using Reiki on one of her clients. In this Eastern healing technique, practitioners place their hands on or above someone in an effort to enhance the body\u2019s flow of energy. They say that can lead to physical and spiritual healing.<\/p>\n
SISTER MADELINE GIANFORTE (CORE\/El Centro): As a practitioner, I\u2019m just facilitating that energy. But you are doing your own healing in the sense of connecting to the divine and the healing that happens within.<\/p>\n
LAWTON: Gianforte is a nun with the Sisters of Saint Agnes. She\u2019s also a trained Reiki master. She says Reiki fits well with her faith.
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GIANFORTE: It\u2019s an incredibly spiritual, prayerful experience for me. It calms the inner part of my being so much that I can tap that deepest place, the core place of who I am.<\/p>\n
LAWTON: But the US Catholic bishops say Reiki is superstition, and they\u2019ve urged Catholics not to provide or support it….<\/p>\n