In 2018, it was reported that the Vatican had opened its doors for an exorcism course amid increasing demand among some of the world’s Catholic communities. As many as 250 priests from 50 countries arrived in Rome to learn how to identify demonic possession, hear personal accounts from other priests, and find out more about the rituals behind expelling demons.
The article further states that half a million people reportedly seek exorcism every year in Italy, while a report by Christian Think Tank Theos in 2017 said that the practice was also on the rise in the UK, in part due to the spread of Pentecostal churches. In addition to this, in 2022, it was reported that the archdiocese of Manila began construction on a world-first exorcism center for those in bondage to the devil.
Then, in an article written in 2023, the national desk presented two theories as to why exorcism was on the rise. Dr. Richard Gallagher, a board-certified psychiatrist and professor of Psychiatry at New York Medical College and Columbia University who works with Catholics, said one theory is that there’s more preoccupation with this stuff, so people think they need an exorcism when they don’t.
Young people nowadays are brought up on movies, TV shows, and paranormal beliefs that’s different from when I was a kid when this was dismissed and frowned upon. Here’s what he stated for the second theory: a lot of exorcists feel that through the…..Read Full Story Here………
