More than fifty years ago I witnessed an exorcism in post-war Italy. A priest was exorcising the devil from a teenage girl lying on a cot in a cell in the basement of the Cathedral at Assisi. I thought then and think now that the girl must have been emotionally disturbed but, in the Italy of those days, emotional problems were in some circles considered to be the work of the devil.
Fast forward to 2003 Milwaukee. An autistic child, eight years old, was killed while the minister and members of the Faith Temple Church of the Apostolic Faith tried to exorcise the devil from the child.
And today comes news of a new class at a seminary affiliated with the Vatican: how to exorcise the devil.
The British Navy is not to be outdone as they have just authorized a sailor to be the first Satanist; he can now practice Satanic rituals while the ship is underway.
This is the 21st century. Isn’t it?
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