If you look at the video you can see that Pope Francis places his hands on the boy's head and prays inaudibly, and the boy gasps and exhales hard about 4 times. The whole thing takes about 5 seconds. That's it. Then Francis goes on greeting other people in the crowd.
You're right, Mt. Athos, nothing bizarre about it: every Baptism in fact includes an exorcism.
Thank God for the "normal Christianity" of Pope Francis.
Somebody explain the "strangeness" of AP, news.yahoo, and the Sun.
wow how did my original comment get deleted.
Anyway I just said every baptism is an exorcism, don’t understand why people say it is rare or unusual