The Vatican, the exorcists and the return of the Devil in a time of enchantment
- Written by Philip Almond, Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
Detail from Saint Michael and the Demon, a neogothical stained glass window from Saint-Martin de Florac Church.Vassil/Wikimedia Commons
Sicilian priest and long-time exorcist Father Benigno Palilla recently told Vatican Radio that requests for exorcisms had tripled in the past few years. There were now, he said, 500,000 alleged cases of demonic...
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