Psychic's new book details his devotion to praying the rosary

Published: 2005-07-15

CINCINNATI (CNS) -- For John Edward to say his latest book is "really a departure from anything I would ever write" is an understatement. The psychic and self-proclaimed medium stunned some of his devotees when "Practical Praying: Using the Rosary to Enhance Your Life" (Hay House, $17.95) was published in April. But the slim volume, which includes an audio CD of meditation on the rosary voiced by Irish actress Roma Downey, is finding an audience with Catholics and non-Catholics alike. "This isn't something I wanted to do," Edward told The Catholic Telegraph, newspaper of the Cincinnati Archdiocese. The lifelong, Irish-Italian Catholic has remained devoted to praying the rosary daily, which seems quite a departure from his sometimes criticized four-year television show, "Crossing Over," and his previous books, "One Last Time," "After Life," "Crossing Over" and "What If God Were the Sun." The show and the books all deal with Edward's high-profile work of allegedly communicating with the dead.

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