![]() ![]() Some are skeptical, some suspicious, other resistant. There are differences of opinion about exorcism inside the church, La Repubblica adds. Amorth says the Pope is committed to helping him receive a recommendation from the Church's Congregation of the Divine Cult that will confirm each and every Catholic diocese in the world should have at least one exorcist on its staff. Pope Benedict XVI is a proponent of the work of exorcists, and Amorth says that he had met with him on more than one occasion when then Cardinal Ratzinger was the head of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith. His favorite movie, of course, is "The Exorcist." Vatican Exorcist Works on Christmas and Easter As early 1972 Pope Paul VI talked about the "smoke of Satan" that hovered in the Vatican, but it is more recent events like the pedophilia scandal the church is confronted with and the grisly murder by a Swiss guard of his commander and wife that Amorth uses as evidence of the devil's presence. While admitting that it is hard to prove, he says the consequences of the devil's work are evident: Cardinals who don't believe in Jesus, bishops who are linked with the devil. ![]()
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