An Exorcist Tells His Story

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In the meantime, Amorth had co-founded the International Association of Exorcists in 1990 to help inspire and train other priests. Headquartered in Rome, its first international conference took place in 1994 and became a biannual event. The Vatican formally recognized the group in July 2014. The use of exorcism has waxed and waned over the centuries. During the mid-20th century, many clergy thought exorcism had no place in modern Catholic theology. Brandreth, Gyles (29 October 2000). "An Interview With Fr Gabriele Amorth - The Church's Leading Exorcist". Catholic Exorcism. Telegraph Group Ltd. Archived from the original on 3 June 2001 . Retrieved 13 September 2006. an honest (neither exaggerating nor underestimating) description about the nature of demons and demonic activities;

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Friedkin, William (December 2016). "The Devil and Father Amorth: Witnessing "the Vatican Exorcist" at Work". Vanity Fair. Condé Nast . Retrieved 2 November 2016.

The author states how important is to submit to the authority of the Church, yet admits to performing thousands of unauthorized exorcisms. Obviously as seen above most of those were completely unnecessary. And he performed them in spite of disobeying the Church and his own admission that people with mental health issues might suffer from the wrong belief they are possessed reinforced by needlessly receiving an exorcism. Great job, father.

Father Gabriele Amorth helped create the International Association of Exorcists, which has grown to 400 members. Getty Images During the first few centuries exorcism could be performed by all believers and it played an important role in attracting outsiders to the burgeoning faith. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 2023-06-07 21:02:14 Autocrop_version 0.0.15_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40976224 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifierThe caution exercised by Fr. Groeschel in the forward is actually repeated in the text on many occasions. Fr. Amorth, the Exorcist of Rome, instructs in this work that the person who should be most skeptical of claims of possession or demonic interference and influence, is actually the Exorcist himself. This is, of course, solid advice. We do not need to give the devil greater power than he already possesses. World's top exorcist saw the Devil in Harry Potter, yoga, and thousands of middle-aged, middle-class women". National Post . Retrieved 2023-04-13.