Tag: demons
What happens when an entire country becomes infested with demons?
Vatican City, Jun 16, 2015 / 03:09 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Can a country with deep Christian roots like Mexico find itself at the mercy of demons? Some in the Church fear so. And as a result, they called for a nation-wide exorcism of Mexico, carried out quietly last month in the cathedral of San Luis… Read More ›
Exorcist says there’s a demon that targets the family
Rome, Italy, Oct 25, 2017 / 04:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- There’s a demon that specializes in attacking the family, said exorcist César Truqui, a priest who participated in a 2015 course on exorcism held in Rome. Fr. Truqui warned that everything that is harming the family, including divorce, pleases the devil. Speaking to the Italian weekly Tempi in… Read More ›
How can you tell if someone is demon-possessed?
Rome, Italy, Oct 30, 2017 / 11:03 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Recognizing the difference between a person who is possessed and a person struggling with a mental illness or other infirmity is a vital part of the ministry of exorcism, according to a long-time exorcist and priest. Father Cipriano de Meo, who has been an exorcist… Read More ›
What is the devil’s favorite sin? An exorcist responds
Madrid, Spain, Dec 29, 2017 / 03:17 pm (CNA).- Is an exorcist afraid? What is the devil’s favorite sin? These and other questions were tackled in an interview with the Dominican priest, Father Juan José Gallego, an exorcist from the Archdiocese of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. Almost a decade after Fr. Gallego was appointed as… Read More ›
Chief Exorcist Leaves Spiritual Testament
Father Gabriel Amorth warns against fixation on demons and recommends frequenting the sacraments as protection from Satan ROME, September 22, 2015 (ChurchMilitant.com) – Father Gabriel Amorth, chief exorcist of Rome and author of several books on Satan and exorcism, has published his spiritual testament. The 90-year-old exorcist imparts wisdom gained from decades doing battle with… Read More ›
Renouncing the World
A brother renounced the world and gave his goods to the poor, but he kept back a little for his personal expenses. He went to see Abba Anthony. When he told him this, the old man said to him, ‘If you want to be a monk, go into the village, buy some meat, cover your… Read More ›
On the Devil and the modern rebellion against God
Perhaps no more than 100 years ago or so, I would think that society – both secular and religious – would have been shocked to see the amount of satanic artwork, music, and posturing exhibited by so many nowadays. One need only open their eyes and look around – the T-shirts covered in pentagrams and… Read More ›
Where Calumny is, There is the Devil
For the third time in as many weeks, Pope Francis has warned not to speak ill of others, and again mentioned the devil in another striking homily this morning in the chapel of the Vatican’s Santa Martha residence. Calumny, he said, is worse than sin and is the direct expression of Satan. “We are all… Read More ›
When is a demon an demon?
When is something a demon and when is it something else — for example, a psychiatric effect? Or a superstition? Or the imagination (fiction)? There is “night terror” — a supposedly psychological circumstance in which people (especially youngsters) suffer such real fear during dreams that they sweat and shake uncontrollably or feel paralyzed. Just a… Read More ›
Evagrius Ponticus and His Accounts of Demons
Reading the ancient ascetical writer, Evagrius Ponticus, is a rather wild experience. An immensely influential figure within Christian monasticism, especially in the East, Evagrius wrote works on theology, the monastic life, and other spiritual writings. In the pages of his works on prayer and the ascetical life, one is immediately presented with a world populated… Read More ›