David Frankfurter in BU Today

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The Devil Makes Them Do It

CAS prof on why Catholic exorcisms are spiking

By Rich Barlow

Pope Francis's recognition of an exorcists' group is part of a renewed Catholic interest in demonic possession. Photo Courtesy of Flickr Contributor Britpendleton
Pope Francis’s recognition of an exorcists’ group is part of a renewed Catholic interest in demonic possession. Photo Courtesy of Flickr Contributor Britpendleton

“A modern pope gets old school on the Devil.” Those words headlined a Washington Post story last spring probing Pope Francis’ belief that Satan is active in the world. As much as he’s been hailed as a modernizing force in the church, Francis, the paper reported, “has not only dwelled far more on Satan in sermons and speeches than his recent predecessors have, but also sought to rekindle the Devil’s image as a supernatural entity with the forces of evil at his beck and call.” Read more….

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