Pope's exorcist squads will wage war on Satan
By NICK PISA - 29th December 2007
DailyMail
The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism.
Vatican chiefs are concerned at what they see as an increased interest in the occult.
They have introduced courses for priests to combat what they call the most extreme form of "Godlessness."
Each bishop is to be told to have in his diocese a number of priests trained to fight demonic possession.
The initiative was revealed by 82-year-old Father Gabriele Amorth, the Vatican "exorcistinchief," to the online Catholic news service Petrus.
"Thanks be to God, we have a Pope who has decided to fight the Devil head-on," he said.
"Too many bishops are not taking this seriously and are not delegating their priests in the fight against the Devil. You have to hunt high and low for a properly trained exorcist.
"Thankfully, Benedict XVI believes in the existence and danger of evil - going back to the time he was in charge of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith." The CDF is the oldest Vatican department and was headed by Benedict from 1982, when he was Cardinal Ratzinger, until he became Pope in 2005.
Father Amorth said that during his time at the department Benedict had not lost the chance to warn humanity of the risk from the Devil.
He said the Pope wants to restore a prayer seen as protection against evil that was traditionally recited at the end of Catholic Masses. The prayer, to St Michael the Archangel, was dropped in the 1960s by Pope John XXIII.
"The prayer is useful not only for priests but also for lay people in helping to fight demons," he said.
Father Paolo Scarafoni, who lectures on the Vatican's exorcism course, said interest in Satanism and the occult has grown as people lost faith with the church.
He added: "People suffer and think that turning to the Devil can help solve their problems. We are being bombarded by requests for exorcisms."
The Vatican is particularly concerned that young people are being exposed to the influence of Satanic sects through rock music and the Internet.
In theory, under the Catholic Church's Canon Law 1172, all priests can perform exorcisms. But in reality only a select few are assigned the task.
Under the law, practitioners must have "piety, knowledge, prudence, and integrity of life."
The rite of exorcism involves a series of gestures and prayers to invoke the power of God and stop the "demon" influencing its victim.
29th December 2007 01:04 AM
Ten Thousand Motels
>He added: "People suffer and think that turning to the Devil can help solve their problems.<
Sheeesh, I never thought of the devil as a problem solver before. In fact I don't know of anyone personally who has turned to the devil lately to help solve their problems.
29th December 2007 01:06 AM
sirmoonie
Bring it on, you Nazi fucking scumbag.
29th December 2007 01:34 AM
Nellcote
Finally!
Someone is declaring war on the true Satan-Hillary Clinton!
29th December 2007 01:48 AM
pdog
quote:Nellcote wrote:
Finally!
Someone is declaring war on the true Satan-Hillary Clinton!
Good thing Huckabee is on this!
29th December 2007 04:44 AM
corgi37
War on terror
War on Satan
War on Christmas
I'm waiting for the war on kinky porn.
I'll be enlisting straight away.
29th December 2007 05:01 AM
pdog
We must fight satan there so we don't fight him here. Satan is a dude right?
29th December 2007 06:22 AM
M.O.W.A.T.
Will this be the soundtrack to the war?:
[Edited by M.O.W.A.T.]
29th December 2007 09:37 AM
gimmekeef
Is he trying to deflect attention from another round of kiddie diddling priest investigations?
29th December 2007 11:18 AM
steel driving hammer
Sympathy for Satan?
[Edited by steel driving hammer]
29th December 2007 12:35 PM
sirmoonie
Has anyone looked into the background and philosophy of this Pope individual?
He's sitting on the largest commercial enterprise on Earth - literally worth billions of $$$$$ (i.e. - he pulls some seriously large green) - and his words on what god allegedly tells him influence, among many things, the sexual intercourse practices of hundreds of millions of uneducated peasants all over the planet. Shouldn't he be investigated to some degree - perhaps vetted in some way? Did the B o' D of the Catholic Church even ask for his resume before they signed him up?
Because in a world of roughly 6 billion people, its probably pretty easy to find someone who can run around saying he talks to god all day, and also happens to not be a Nazi. Hell, even George Walker Bush III can fill those job quals, and he is apparently some kind of retard.
Ask yourself with respect to this urgent issue - What would black Jesus do (WWBJD)?
29th December 2007 12:58 PM
Paranoid_Android
The POPE declares war on Satan??? I thought that war was declared a long time ago in the bible...I knew that catholic crap was bullshit...LET THE WAR BEGIN!!!
29th December 2007 01:02 PM
Martha
I was thinking of making my Deviled eggs for New Year's Eve, but now that's definitely out. Damn that Satan.
29th December 2007 04:09 PM
Keyser Söze
This really takes the heat off me!
29th December 2007 04:18 PM
Got Me Rockin
quote:sirmoonie wrote:
Has anyone looked into the background and philosophy of this Pope individual?
He's sitting on the largest commercial enterprise on Earth - literally worth billions of $$$$$ (i.e. - he pulls some seriously large green) - and his words on what god allegedly tells him influence, among many things, the sexual intercourse practices of hundreds of millions of uneducated peasants all over the planet. Shouldn't he be investigated to some degree - perhaps vetted in some way? Did the B o' D of the Catholic Church even ask for his resume before they signed him up?
Because in a world of roughly 6 billion people, its probably pretty easy to find someone who can run around saying he talks to god all day, and also happens to not be a Nazi. Hell, even George Walker Bush III can fill those job quals, and he is apparently some kind of retard.
Ask yourself with respect to this urgent issue - What would black Jesus do (WWBJD)?
He was forced into the Hiter Youth, you didn't have a choice during Hitlers era.
29th December 2007 05:06 PM
Joey
quote:Paranoid_Android wrote:
Jenna Bush is the ONLY decent thing Bushie43 has EVER produced .............. Word .
29th December 2007 05:29 PM
sirmoonie
quote:Joey wrote:
Jenna Bush is the ONLY decent thing Bushie43 has EVER produced .............. Word .
Not true, Magoo - He produced this video - his legacy - which will ALWAYS be the first thing people think about when the name George Walker Bush III comes up.
P.S. Don't ever mention the Eagles again.
29th December 2007 05:34 PM
Highwire Rob
THERE'S SOME LINDA BLAIR REVERSE SPIDERWALK DOWN THE STAIR WICKED PISSA' POSTIN' GOING ON IN THIS THREAD!
[Edited by Highwire Rob]
29th December 2007 05:47 PM
gypsy
quote:sirmoonie wrote:
Not true, Magoo - He produced this video - his legacy - which will ALWAYS be the first thing people think about when the name George Walker Bush III comes up.
P.S. Don't ever mention the Eagles again.
Thanks for re-posting that. I wanted to show it to my dad the other day, but couldn't find it.
You're aces!
29th December 2007 05:52 PM
Shoshanna
quote:sirmoonie wrote:
Bring it on, you Nazi fucking scumbag.
That is a pretty ignorant statement.
29th December 2007 06:03 PM
Brainbell Jangler
quote:Ten Thousand Motels wrote:
Pope's exorcist squads will wage war on Satan
By NICK PISA - 29th December 2007
DailyMail
"Thankfully, Benedict XVI believes in the existence and danger of evil - going back to the time he was in charge of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith." The CDF is the oldest Vatican department and was headed by Benedict from 1982, when he was Cardinal Ratzinger, until he became Pope in 2005.
Oldest Vatican department is right. The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith ("CDF") is what used to be called the Inquisition.
29th December 2007 06:16 PM
pdog
Muslims and Jews beware! Yahweh is comng, look busy!
29th December 2007 06:25 PM
guitarman53
I wonder how the Pope feels about Marilyn Manson.
29th December 2007 07:53 PM
Dr Iff
I don't know why the Pope has let him hang around this long anyway. I say kill Satan once and for all and get it over with. Enough of this guy already!
29th December 2007 08:00 PM
sirmoonie
quote:Shoshanna wrote:
That is a pretty ignorant statement.
Nah, not really. Unlike much of the baseless, idiotic quasi-political stuff you can read around here, reasonable arguments can be made that the current spokesperson for the Catholic Church is influenced to some degree by the ideas and philosophies of Germany's Nazi party. Hell, as the article states he's setting up "exorcism squads" which grew from his administerial work as manager of the Department of the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (CDF). Sound familiar? You don't dream up nonsense like that out of the blue.
Anyway, it's my DEEPLY held religious belief that the Pope is a fucking scumbag Nazi, and who are you to impugn one of the tenets of my faith? Lets please be tolerant, as we are all children of the stars, born to live and breathe air under the ever-watching eyeballs of god.
29th December 2007 08:10 PM
Shoshanna
quote:sirmoonie wrote:
Anyway, it's my DEEPLY held religious belief that the Pope is a fucking scumbag Nazi, and who are you to impugn one of the tenets of my faith? Lets please be tolerant, as we are all children of the stars, born to live and breathe air under the ever-watching eyeballs of god.
I thought I was showing the same amount of tolerance you were towards the pope. Accusing him of being something he isn't and obvioulsy not caring whether or not you offend someone (the many) who hold him in high regard. I think you probably know he is not a nazi. Which means you say that for some other reason. That's what I meant by ignorant. I am noone to impugn a tenet of your faith. As you are noone to impugn a tenet of the faith of others. I am glad you agree with me.
29th December 2007 08:20 PM
robpop
Sig heil!
29th December 2007 08:22 PM
Highwire Rob
Well, heavens-to-Betsy, what is this world coming to?
Hmmmmmmmm... innocent good humor ice cream socials? Or fudgepacking orgies of Beelzebub?!
[Edited by Highwire Rob]
29th December 2007 08:25 PM
robpop
quote:Highwire Rob wrote:
Hmmmmmmmm... innocent good humor ice cream socials? Or fudgepacking orgies of Beelzebub?!
Rob, wrong thread.
29th December 2007 08:30 PM
Highwire Rob
quote:robpop wrote:
Rob, wrong thread.
LOL - I was trying for the cross-over post! God is in the details but Satan is in the custard!
LOL - I was trying for the cross-over post! God is in the details but Satan is in the custard!