(Does) possession assume the same extreme forms as seen in the famous film The Exorcist. Only in part. The film was made with much seriousness, but it is not without exaggeration...
We had a priest at our church on Ft Hood back in the early 90s. Our group got regular speeches and guidance from him; we all became close and personal. Before becoming a military Chaplin, he was an exorcist for some odd yrs in Italy. He wouldn’t discuss this much at length. One day, someone posed what is a tough exorcism like? His response...”Watch the movie The Exorcist.” He went no farther by changing the subject.
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McCarrick relayed this conversation with the Pope Francis, “I told the Pope that I guess the Lord still has some work for me to do.” The Pope responded to McCarrick, “But on the other hand, maybe the Devil did not have your accommodations ready.”
Bergoglio has joked about God, about the Holy Trinity, about traditional Catholics and the TLM, about Hell and about Satan. But he has never has joked about adulterers, homosexuals, treehuggers or the U.N.
The movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose was a much better movie about Exorcism than the movie The Exorcist. It treated the Catholic Church with a lot more reverence.
The movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose was a much better movie about Exorcism than the movie The Exorcist. It treated the Catholic Church with a lot more reverence.
The movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose was a much better movie about Exorcism than the movie The Exorcist. It treated the Catholic Church with a lot more reverence.