Vatican to train more exorcists
Filed Under (Bad News, News, Stupidity) by Ian on 01-01-2008
Tagged Under : christians, devil, exorcists, fight, vatican
In case any of you religious moderates out there were wondering, this is when your money goes when you donate to your local church. Reading stories like this makes me feel like I just received a lobotomy. What the fuck is wrong with people who insist on brining back the dark ages? They were shit times and we’re glad to be out of them, stop fucking up the human race you pricks.
Vatican to train more exorcists
ROME: The Catholic Church has vowed to “fight the Devil head-on” by training hundreds of priests as exorcists.
Father Gabriele Amorth, 82, the Exorcist in Chief, announced the initiative amid church concerns about growing worldwide interest in Satanism and the occult.
Under plans being considered, each bishop would have a group of priests in his diocese who were specially trained in exorcism and on hand to take action against “extreme Godlessness”.
“Thanks be to God that we have a Pope who has decided to fight the Devil head-on,” Father Amorth said.
“Now bishops are to be obliged to have a number of established exorcists for their diocese. 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 proper, trained exorcist.
“Thankfully Pope Benedict XVI believes in the existence and danger of evil, from the time he was in charge of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.”
The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith deals with promoting and safeguarding Catholic beliefs. It was headed by the Pope when he was Cardinal Ratzinger, from 1982 until his election as Pope in 2005.
The Vatican is concerned that young people are being exposed to Satanism through the media, rock music and the internet.
All priests can perform exorcisms, but in reality only a select few are ever called on to do so. The rite involves gestures and prayers to invoke the power of God and stop the “demon” influencing its victim.
Jesus fucking Christ (Oh yeah, I went there, bitches), this is…ugh. I…I am made speechless by the sheer madness of this…oi.
Extreme Godlessness… is it not the most extreme form of Godlessness, to believe in no god at all? or is he referring to godless acts?
It might be amusing to watch a priest go exorcist on a atheist…
I thought this was a piss-take at first, but a quick check with google confirmed it’s real. This would be laughable if the church wasn’t so rich and powerful.
Instead of training exorcists, why not just let god deal with all the ’satan worshipers’? Oh that’s right, imaginary things can’t do shit.
BigC, I thought it was a joke as well. Seriously , this is some heavy s**t. They just keep topping their own BS. It’s amazing.
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU
THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU
im done.
Lets put the Pope into prison for that, seriously.
Not kidding - I mean it.
Awesome. The more these old farts make idiots of themselves in pretending they still believe in this crap, the more ridiculous the whole “My Imaginary Friend With Superpowers Is Watching You” thing gets for the ordinary man. Score one to Atheism, thanks!
Really?
That would be a great idea, if it worked.
I wonder what the church thinks about Hot Topic?
Yikes, thats one big step backwards for Catholicism , hopefully priests will continue to reject this superstition. Even when I believed in God, I still thought that exorcism was a load of steaming, rotting garbage, what a waste of resources.
Atheism for the win.