There are times I wonder what mind altering drugs the bitter old queens at the Vatican are imbibing. The sheer lunacy of official statements and commentary suggests that either the folks at the Vatican are just batshit crazy or in some seriously altered mental state. They clearly do not stop to think how bizarre their pronouncements will sound to normal, rational people. As the Telegraph is reporting, the loons in dresses are now blaming the Internet for a surge in Satanism and a corresponding increase in demand for exorcisms. Oh, and the worldwide sex abuse scandal and the criminal conspiracy to obstruct justice orchestrated from the Vatican, that's all Satan's fault. Funny, I always though Benedict XVI looked a lot like Emperor Palpatine from the Star Wars movies. I did not realize that it was really Satan that he resembled. I'm glad the Vatican has clarified this point. Here are some details from the Telegraph's coverage:*
Exorcism is the subject of a six-day conference being held this week at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University in Rome, which is under the Vatican's authority.
"The internet makes it much easier than in the past to find information about Satanism," said Carlo Climati, a member of the university who specializes in the dangers posed to young people by Satanism.
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"In just a few minutes you can contact Satanist groups and research occultism. The conference is not about how to become an exorcist. It's to share information about exorcism, Satanism and sects.
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Organizers say the rise of Satanism has been dangerously underestimated in recent years. "There's been a revival," said Gabriele Nanni, a former exorcist and another speaker at the course.
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The Vatican's chief exorcist claimed last year that the Devil lurked in the Vatican, the very heart of the Catholic Church. Father Gabriele Amorth said people who are possessed by Satan vomit shards of glass and pieces of iron, scream, dribble and slobber, utter blasphemies and have to be physically restrained.
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He claimed that the sex abuse scandals which have engulfed the Church in the US, Ireland, Germany and other countries, were proof that the anti-Christ was waging a war against the Holy See. He said Pope Benedict XVI believed "wholeheartedly" in the practice of exorcism.
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Remind me again, why does anyone take these bitter old men seriously in a modern world?
Exorcism is the subject of a six-day conference being held this week at the Regina Apostolorum Pontifical University in Rome, which is under the Vatican's authority.
"The internet makes it much easier than in the past to find information about Satanism," said Carlo Climati, a member of the university who specializes in the dangers posed to young people by Satanism.
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"In just a few minutes you can contact Satanist groups and research occultism. The conference is not about how to become an exorcist. It's to share information about exorcism, Satanism and sects.
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Organizers say the rise of Satanism has been dangerously underestimated in recent years. "There's been a revival," said Gabriele Nanni, a former exorcist and another speaker at the course.
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The Vatican's chief exorcist claimed last year that the Devil lurked in the Vatican, the very heart of the Catholic Church. Father Gabriele Amorth said people who are possessed by Satan vomit shards of glass and pieces of iron, scream, dribble and slobber, utter blasphemies and have to be physically restrained.
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He claimed that the sex abuse scandals which have engulfed the Church in the US, Ireland, Germany and other countries, were proof that the anti-Christ was waging a war against the Holy See. He said Pope Benedict XVI believed "wholeheartedly" in the practice of exorcism.
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Remind me again, why does anyone take these bitter old men seriously in a modern world?
1 comment:
A revival? I would argue that it's never existed as the Church would like to scare people into thinking.
As far as the devil lurking in the Vatican...hullo Pope Benny and assorted cardinals.
And I like how "the devil made me do it" is their fall back line for the sex abuse scandals. It's not us! We aren't the ones responsible for ruining thousands of lives! It was da debil!! Honest!
Yeah, right.
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