Priests get lesson in exorcism Lack of qualified clergy prompts Vatican class

FortWayne.com ^ | 02.17.05

[Coleus]

Fr. Gabriel Amorth on the Reform of the Rite of Exorcism

[river rat]

"There are a lot more behaviors and lifestyles that are not of God,” he said. "

Yes, and it's called Islam..

[gov_bean_ counter]

They could practice on the junior Senator from NY.

[GSlob]

"They could practice on the junior Senator from NY."
Nope. Hers is not a case of possession, but rather of incarnation. Cast out the devil and hillary vanishes.

[Calpernia]

[Bosco]

Any disciple of Jesus (and by definition familiar with the Scriptures) should be able to cast out demons without the need for classes, lectures, and the like.

If one wants to get an eyeful, read Kurt Koch's "Occult Bondage and Deliverance".

[Free and Armed]

I tried to open my own exorcism business one time, but there's not a big market for it in Asheboro. And apparently, going to a 2 day seminar doesn't make me "qualified" according to the local priest. Jackass.

[spinestein]

[Priests in Nebraska recently have faced troubling cases from parishioners, including unexplained noises in homes and sightings of ghostlike figures, he said.]


Yep, that proves it.

I can't think of any other explanation for this than the incarnation of Satan. /end sarcasm

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Nowhere is the shortage of exorcists seen as more serious than in the United States, where skepticism about the practice abounds. There are fewer than a dozen official exorcists at U.S. dioceses, and it is a topic that most American priests seem to avoid.

seamole, I think you and I were discussing this on a previous thread?

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Nowhere is the shortage of exorcists seen as more serious than in the United States, where skepticism about the practice abounds. There are fewer than a dozen official exorcists at U.S. dioceses, and it is a topic that most American priests seem to avoid.

Ping

[NorCalRepub]

Exorcism......no problem.......I've seen the Exorcist so many times I could perform one blindfolded with my bed in the air........

[Coleus]

Fr. Malachi Martin

[Muleteam1]

>>The symptoms of authentic demonic possession, he said, include utter revulsion to holy symbols such as a crucifix or baptismal oils.<<

Sounds to me like most of the Democratic Party needs a good exorcist.

Muleteam1

[blackbart.223]

"The biggest obstacle has been the lack of training of priests and bishops, who haven’t felt sufficiently equipped to confront” what the church believes is a rising obsession with satanic cults, witchcraft and the occult, said Giuseppe Ferrari, an academic specializing in social-religious phenomena who lectured by videophone from Bologna."

I guess we need to bring back the rack and burning at the stake to rid the world of people who don't agree with certain religious beliefs.

[benjaminjjones]

They might try exorcising all the buggering and pedophile homo's from within their ranks first.

[Rightfootforward]

One of my dearest friends is an older Franciscan priest. He once mentioned he'd received the Rite of Exorcism when he was ordained in 1947. He went on to say he'd never been a party to an exorcism; then added, "I don't want anything to do with it."
Can't recall the year he said his order stopped bestowing the rite. Perhaps it had something to do with Vatican II. Don't know. Yet here we are and there they are. Weekend exorcism classes? How very, very grim.

[Coleus]

Saddam and satan

[Last Dakotan]

I guess we need to bring back the rack and burning at the stake to rid the world of people who don't agree with certain religious beliefs.

Better yet - have Catholics pray for them and naysayers like yourself.

[Last Dakotan]

They might try exorcising all the buggering and pedophile homo's from within their ranks first.

You know of any? Thought not.