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Ancestral Curses in the Family Tree

Peggy Frye2026-05-21T12:27:09

Question:

What does the Catholic Church teach about ancestral curses, which are also known as intergenerational curses? Should we pray about breaking these curses?

Answer:

There’s no Church teaching or early Church writings on this belief that evil spirits hold people bound through their ancestral lines and that prayer can break those ties.

See this article on this topic by Father Mike Driscoll.

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