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# Emily Rose and Exorcism Today
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/2380/
- Published: 2005-09-16T23:10:07.000Z
- Updated: 2005-09-16T23:10:07.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Religion, #wpChunk

I didn't know it, but exorcism is making a (needed) comeback:

> At the end of his weekly general audience on Wednesday, Pope Benedict XVI greeted Italian exorcists who, he disclosed, are currently holding their national convention. . .

> The Roman Catholic Church has shown growing interest in exorcism in Italy.

> In 1999, the Vatican issued its first updated ritual for exorcism since 1614 and warned that the devil is still at work.

> The official Roman Catholic exorcism starts with prayers, a blessing and sprinkling of holy water, the laying on of hands on the possessed, and the making of the sign of the cross.

> It ends with an "imperative formula" in which the devil is ordered to leave the possessed.

> The formula begins: "I order you, Satan ”¦" It goes on to denounce Satan as "prince of the world" and "enemy of human salvation." It ends: "Go back, Satan."

> A Vatican university announced last Thursday that for the second year running it will hold a course on exorcism and Satanism for Roman Catholic priests.

[Link](http://www.dailystar.com/dailystar/news/93390.php?ref=thedailyeudemon.com).

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