The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism. Vatican chiefs are concerned at what they see as an increased interest in the occult

POPE ATTEMPTS VATICAN EXORCISM. Vatican officials recently acknowledged the involvement of Pope John Paul II in an attempted exorcism at St. Peter?s Basilica.

The Vatican's chief exorcist is no fan of Harry Potter. Father Gabriele Amorth, who is Pope Benedict XVI's "caster out of demons," told Vatican Radio:

Recently, many dioceses have formally appointed priests to the function of Exorcist as a result of reaffirmation of exorcism as a necessary ritual by Pope John Paul II (who ...

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The Vatican has never given up belief in the reality of demonic possession, but the practice of actual exorcisms has waned over the last few centuries.

The Vatican has never been a fan of Harry Potter, but its chief exorcist has gone one step further and condemned J. K. Rowling's fictional boy wizard as downright evil.

Pope Benedict XVI's chief exorcist, Rev. Gabriele Amorth, has called fictional wizard-in-training Harry Potter the king of darkness, the devil.

Recently the head of the Catholic Church performed an exorcism. Pope John Paul II, tried this ancient practice on a nineteen-year-old Italian girl in a packed St.

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