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Re: An Excorcist
« Reply #30 on: April 23, 2018, 02:34:05 AM »
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    • “What I’m finding out desperately, is people who in their own minds believe – rightly or wrongly – that they’re afflicted by an evil spirit,” he said.
    “I think in many cases they wrongly think it, but when they turn to the Church, the Church doesn’t know what to do with them and they refer them on either to a psychologist or to somebody that they’ve heard of that is interested in this form of ministry, and they do fall between the cracks and often are not helped.”


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    Re: An Excorcist
    « Reply #31 on: April 24, 2018, 04:20:06 AM »
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    • Last month, Italian exorcist Fr Benigno Palilla said there had been a surge in demonic activity in the country, and that Italy needed many more exorcists.
    In his most recent apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et Exsultate, Pope Francis warns that the devil is not a myth but a “personal being who assails us”
    “We should not think of the devil as a myth, a representation, a symbol, a figure of speech or an idea,” the Pope wrote. “This mistake would leave us to let down our guard, to grow careless and end up more vulnerable.”


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    Re: An Excorcist
    « Reply #32 on: April 28, 2018, 12:49:02 AM »
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    • With reported demonic possessions on the rise in Italy, the Vatican is hosting a week-long training to better prepare exorcists for ministry. Catholic leaders have said that the country needs more exorcists, and better training.
    “Today we are at a stage crucial in history: Many Christians no longer believe in [the devil’s] existence, few exorcists are appointed and there are no more young priests willing to learn,” said one of the event’s speakers, exorcist Father Cesare Truqui, according to Vatican News.

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    Re: An Excorcist
    « Reply #33 on: April 29, 2018, 02:14:53 AM »
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    • An exorcism course will be held at the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum in Rome from April 16-21. The training will focus on exorcism and the prayer of liberation, a prayer commonly used for deliverance from possession.
    The event “is to offer a rich reflection and articulated on a topic that is sometimes unspoken and controversial,” Father Benigno Palilla, an exorcist from Sicily, told Vatican Radio on February 22.


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    Re: An Excorcist
    « Reply #34 on: April 30, 2018, 02:00:29 AM »
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    • Palilla told Vatican Radio that there are 500,000 alleged cases of demonic possession or activity in Italy annually.
    He said demonic possession claims have tripled in recent years and attributed the rise in demonic activity to an increased use of fortune tellers and tarot cards.


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    Re: An Excorcist
    « Reply #35 on: May 05, 2018, 02:24:22 AM »
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    • He also said that many alleged possessions are actually psychological issues, highlighting the need for well-trained and discerning exorcists.
    Palilla said those facing the demonic are in need of the prayers of all Catholics.

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    Re: An Excorcist
    « Reply #36 on: May 10, 2018, 01:39:42 AM »
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    • “The demoniacs are the existential peripheries to which Pope Francis drives us. They are people who suffer a lot and, unfortunately, are not included in the registry of the Church,” he said.
    Palilla said there is a lack of formation in the church to prepare priests in this essential ministry.

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