Posted on 02/26/2018 7:12:57 PM PST by Olog-hai
A week-long course on exorcism will be held in April at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum, a Catholic educational institute in Rome.
In 2011, the Catholic Church warned that a surge in Satanism, facilitated by the internet, had led to a sharp rise in the demand for exorcism, and a six-day conference on the subject took place at the institute.
The announcement of the training course is likely to be welcomed by Father Pat Collins, a Irish leading exorcist who said recently he is “baffled” why Church leaders are not taking action as more people claim to be victims of demonic activity.
The focus of the course is “to offer a rich reflection and articulation on a topic that is sometimes unspoken and controversial”, Italian priest and exorcist Benigno Palilla told Vatican Radio. […]
The course was set up amid the increasing popularity of tarot cards readers and fortune tellers that opened “the door to the devil and to possession”, Father Palilla said, according to Newsweek.
He noted that the demand for exorcism services tripled in the last few years, to 500,000 cases in Italy, although most cases of alleged demonic possession were prompted by psychological and spiritual issues.
In France, the demand for exorcists has also soared, but the services are outsourced to “independent operators”, who conduct the exorcism. …
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Something tells me that a week’s crash course won’t be enough. And eschewing dogma for Marxism will certainly work against the tide.
They might want to send their A-Team up to the Pope’s palace and run him through the ringer
A week? Really?
Nuclear weapons firefighting school was a lot longer than that.
I’m rather skeptical of a course that will outfit you to defeat demons in a week.
They can practice on the Pope for starters.
Pope Marx needs an Exorcism.
You guys beat me to it.
Maybe they’ll train the priest that succeeds in exorcising Francis!!?
Does Pope Marx even believe in the devil?
Scripture reference:
Luke 9:1 “He summoned the Twelve and gave them power and authority over all demons”
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