Interesting question. FWIW:
Catechism:
2853 Victory over the “prince of this world” was won once for all at the Hour when Jesus freely gave himself up to death to give us his life. This is the judgment of this world, and the prince of this world is “cast out.”
From:
Who is the Prince of this World?
“The world of which the devil is prince or king is the world of unrepentant sinners. Like Lucifer, their leader, they are stubbornly set on doing their own will, contrary to the will of God.”
http://www.therealpresence.org/archives/Demonology/Demonology_003.htm
Thanks.
Thank you for the thoughtful/researched reply.
Catechism:
2853 Victory over the “prince of this world” was won once for all at the Hour when Jesus freely gave himself up to death to give us his life. This is the judgment of this world, and the prince of this world is “cast out.”
This points out the contradiction to Church teaching very clearly. (I had only suspected it was off.)