Why All the Fascination With the Devil and Exorcism?
The curiosity exhibited by many Catholics toward demonic activity is real — and troubling.
The curiosity exhibited by many Catholics toward demonic activity is real — and troubling.
When asked if he had ever performed an exorcism as Pope, the Holy Father replied that he had not but that he had requested the services of exorcists when he served as bishop in Argentina.
Bishop Joseph Bonnemain of the Diocese of Chur has concluded that ‘it is not necessary to try to find mysterious causes’ for alleged cases of demonic possession.
COMMENTARY: Father Hermann Backhaus’ promotion of pornography consumption as something benign is refuted by Scripture, Tradition, the magisterium, scholars and exorcists.
Msgr. Rossetti, 71, has spent 30 years working as a licensed psychologist. A priest of the Diocese of Syracuse, he has been an exorcist for the Archdiocese of Washington for over 15 years.
Msgr Rossetti began sharing the truths of the Catholic faith through the eyes of an exorcist on social media in September.
“This outpouring of mercy cannot penetrate our hearts as long as we have not forgiven those who have trespassed against us.” (CCC 2840)
Serving the Archdiocese of Washington for more than 13 years as the chief exorcist, Msgr. Stephen Rossetti offers intimate details regarding his life expelling demons from those possessed.
THE SCRIPTURES & ART: The exorcism in the Synagogue of Capernaum is depicted in this Romanesque fresco from Lambach Abbey in Upper Austria.
New book addresses ‘What Exorcists See and What We Should Know.’
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