{"id":10900,"date":"2015-06-16T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T09:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/what-happens-when-an-entire-country-becomes-infested-with-demons-47505\/"},"modified":"2015-06-16T09:09:00","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T09:09:00","slug":"what-happens-when-an-entire-country-becomes-infested-with-demons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2015\/06\/what-happens-when-an-entire-country-becomes-infested-with-demons\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens when an entire country becomes infested with demons?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Vatican City, Jun 16, 2015 \/ 03:09 am (CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Can a country with deep Christian roots like Mexico find itself at the mercy of demons? Some in the Church fear so.<\/p>\n

\tAnd as a result, they called for a nation-wide exorcism of Mexico, carried out quietly last month in the cathedral of San Luis Potos\u00ed.<\/p>\n

\tHigh levels of violence, as well as drug cartels and abortion in the country, were the motivation behind the special rite of exorcism, known as \u201cExorcismo Magno.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tCardinal Juan Sandoval \u00cd\u00f1iguez, the archbishop emeritus of Guadalajara, presided at the closed doors ceremony, the first ever in the history of Mexico.<\/p>\n

\tAlso participating were Archbishop Jes\u00fas Carlos Cabrero of San Luis Potos\u00ed, Spanish demonologist and exorcist Father Jos\u00e9 Antonio Fortea, and a smaller group of priests and lay people.<\/p>\n

\tThe event was not made known to the general public beforehand. According to Archbishop Cabrero, the reserved character of the May 20 ceremony was intended to avoid any misguided interpretations of the ritual.<\/p>\n

\tBut how can an entire country become infested by demons to the point that it\u2019s necessary to resort to an Exorcismo Magno?<\/p>\n

\t\u201cTo the extent sin increases more and more in a country, to that extent it becomes easier for the demons to tempt (people),\u201d Fr. Fortea told CNA.<\/p>\n

\tThe Spanish exorcist warned that \u201cto the extent there is more witchcraft and Satanism going on in a country, to that extent there will be more extraordinary manifestations of those powers of darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFr. Fortea said that \u201cthe exorcism performed in San Lu\u00eds Potos\u00ed is the first ever carried out in Mexico in which the exorcists came from different parts of the country and gathered together to exorcise the powers of darkness, not from a person, but from the whole country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThis rite of exorcism, beautiful and liturgical, had never before taken place in any part of the world.\u00a0 Although it had taken place in a private manner as when Saint Francis (exorcised) the Italian city of Arezzo,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

\tThe Spanish exorcist explained, however, that the celebration of this ritual will not automatically change the difficult situation Mexico is going through in a single day.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIt would be a big mistake to think that by performing a full scale exorcism of the country everything would automatically change right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tNevertheless, he emphasized that \u201cif with the power we\u2019ve received from Christ we expel the demons from a country, this will certainly have positive repercussions, because we\u2019ll make a great number of the tempters flee, even if this exorcism is partial.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cWe don\u2019t drive out all the evil spirits from a country with just one ceremony. But even though all will not be expelled, those that were removed are not there anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tFr. Fortea emphasized that \u201cwhen the exorcists of a country drive out its demons, it has to be done in faith. You\u2019re not going to see anything, feel anything, there\u2019s not going to be any extraordinary phenomenon. We have to have faith that God conferred on the apostles a power, and that we can use this power.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cIn any case, if this ritual were to be carried out in more countries once year, before or after, this would put an end to any extraordinary manifestations which would show us the rage of the devil. Because, without a doubt, the demons hate to be driven out of a place or to be bound with the power of Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe Spanish exorcist said that \u201cit would be very desirable that when there\u2019s an annual meeting of exorcists in a country, a ritual such as this exorcismo magno that took place in Mexico be performed.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tHe also emphasized that a bishop \u201ccan authorize its occurrence once a year with his priests in the cathedral.\u201d<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThe bishop is the shepherd and he can use the power he has received to drive away the invisible wolves from the sheep, since Satan is like a roaring lion prowling around looking for someone to devour, and the shepherds can drive away the predator from the victim,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n

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