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Last week 700 people showed up at a San Angelo, Texas seminar on exorcism sponsored by the Catholic Church.\u00a0 Here is the Bishop of the local Catholic Diocese (via mywesttexas.com<\/a>):<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the centuries, ritual books have been prepared by the churches to be used in exorcisms and dealing with diabolical influence,\u201d Pfeifer said. Different forms of that influence include obsession, such as with sex, drugs or alcohol; posession, which commonly is referred to as the haunting of places or things; and the most critical case of possession, when the devil takes over a person. Possession is usually the stage that requires a major exorcism.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a very frightening and difficult experience,\u201d Pfeifer said. Though he said he has participated in exorcisms in West Texas, he would not disclose the number of cases or details about the experiences. Ritual prayers and sacraments such as holy water are used, he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He goes on to say that the devil is also working \u201cmore so through secular things in the world that can be used for good.\u201d<\/p>\n

At what point do we stop taking these people seriously and begin to openly point and giggle at them?<\/p>\n

The seminar was conducted by the Rev. Dennis McManus, \u201cwhose appointed ministry with the Archdiocese of New York is exorcism.\u201d\u00a0 The New York Archdiocese actually has someone holding the portfolio of exorcism.\u00a0 Why does anyone take anything these people have to say seriously?<\/p>\n

Interestingly, there was no mention of pedophilia.\u00a0 But really\u2026why would you blame that on Satan when you\u2019ve already indicted Woodstock<\/a>?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week 700 people showed up at a San Angelo, Texas seminar on exorcism sponsored by the Catholic Church.\u00a0 Here is the Bishop of the local Catholic Diocese (via mywesttexas.com): \u201cOver the centuries, ritual books have been prepared by the churches to be used in exorcisms and dealing with diabolical influence,\u201d Pfeifer said. 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