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	Neurocircuits - Italy has army of exorcists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		In the Catholic Church exorcists must be priests and they have to be given a sort of 'licence' to perform the special rites by their local bishop.
		While exorcists were busy trying to expel Satan from possessed Italians, Father Amorth implied that many in the country were unwittingly inviting the Devil into their lives through involvement in the occult.
		Exorcists say that contact with the occult is one of the ways the Devil can gain access to a person's mind, sometimes exploiting the situation to 'possess' that individual.
	www.neurocircuits.com /index.php/2005/12/20/italy_has_army_of_exorcists (175 words)

	mainframes1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Exorcists: The International Association of Exorcists (IAE) was found in 1993 by Father Amorth.
		The exorcists found that not every spirit was an evil entity per definition, and figured that helping the spirit prooved a much better solution then driving it away or even allied themselves with the spirit in persuit of a common goal.
		Exorcists don’t run around with tomes of ancient occult lore on demons, ghosts and other critters, they have the bible, their faith and the vast resources of the Vatican to aid them.
	www.masquerade-info.demon.nl /arot/mor.html (851 words)

	exorcism
		A priest for 50 years, he is the undisputed leader of the city's six exorcists (appointed by the cardinal to whom the Pope delegates the office of Vicar of Rome) and honorary president-for-life of the International Association of Exorcists.
		Although the post of exorcist is an official diocesan appointment (there are about 300 attached to the various bishops throughout Italy) and Father Amorth is undisputably the best known in his field, there is some tension between Amorth and the modernising tendencies in the Church hierarchy.
		When an exorcist administers an exorcism, the efficacy is greater still, because he is practicing a sacramental, which is a public prayer, invoking the intercessory power of the entire Church.
	www.jesuschrististhelord.com /teachings/exorcist/exorcist.htm (4097 words)

	Cover story: Exorcism - Ancient ministry attracts new practitioners
		The resurgence was evident at a weeklong mid-July conference in Rome of the International Association of Exorcists, a group Amorth cofounded in 1993.
		The first meeting of exorcists in 1990, he said, was composed almost entirely of traditional exorcists wary of lay collaboration.
		Despite the conceptual gulf that sometimes separates exorcists from other constituencies in the church, there is at least one point of common ground: occasional frustration with bishops perceived as unsupportive.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/090100/090100a.htm (1941 words)

	Exorcists discuss resurgence of superstition
		150 exorcists meeting near Rome last weekend observed that Western society is currently witnessing a rebirth of divination, sorcery, witchcraft and magic often mixed with a superstitious use of religion.
		The exorcists were attending the 12th Congress of the Italian division of the International Association of Exorcists.
		Members of the International Association of Exorcists must have their bishop's permission to join the group.
	www.cathnews.com /news/110/17.php (193 words)

	Exorcisms - 'We've Never Been Busier' Says Official Church Exorcist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Father Jeremy Davies, 65, an exorcist of the Westminster diocese, told the Catholic Herald that the increased vigilance of the Roman Catholic Church in the past 10 years had also contributed to the rise.
		The new exorcism manual which is currently being translated from Latin for distribution to bishops and exorcists around the world retains much of the symbolism and language of the medieval ritual, but encourages priests to spend more time in prayer with the possessed person and tones down the most aggressive imprecations against the Devil.
		Fears of demonic possession, are thought to be fuelled in part by films such as The Exorcist but are also being put down to the growth in new age pagan beliefs, such as the fear that people can be influenced by the spirits of their ancestors.
	www.rense.com /general/aexorcist.htm (1225 words)

	Zenit News Agency - The World Seen From Rome
		COLLEVALENZA, Italy, SEPT. 23, 2005 (Zenit.org).- The primary task of the exorcist is to proclaim the Gospel, said a congress of the Association of Italian Exorcists.
		"The Exorcist in the New Evangelization" was the theme of the eighth meeting of Italian exorcists held in Collevalenza, in the province of Perugia, attended by 180 members of the association.
		Monsignor Raffaello Martinelli, of the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, presented the Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church as an instrument of evangelization for the exorcist, whose job must first of all be to proclaim Christ.
	www.zenit.org /english/visualizza.phtml?sid=77043 (442 words)

	Giancarlo Gramolazzo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Father Giancarlo Gramolazzo is an Italian Roman Catholic priest who serves as an exorcist.
		He is the current president of the International Association of Exorcists.
		In September 2004, in Mexico City, Mexico, Father Gramolazzo addressed the more than five hundred participants including exorcist priests from various dioceses in the country at the annual meeting of the International Association of Exorcists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giancarlo_Gramolazzo (113 words)

	Howstuffworks "How Exorcism Works"
		Official numbers are hard to come by, but "American Exorcism" reports that in 1996, the Catholic Church appointed 10 priests to the position of exorcist in the United States, bringing the total number to 11.
		There are also priests who are not official exorcists but claim to have permission from their local bishop to perform exorcisms at their discretion.
		Once the Church appoints one of its official exorcists to perform the ritual, the next step is to get the devil to leave the person's body.
	people.howstuffworks.com /exorcism3.htm (333 words)

	The Examiner - World News - 28, April, 2000
		Father Jeremy Davies, 65, an exorcist of the Westminster Diocese, told the Catholic Herald newspaper that the increased vigilance of the church in the past 10 years had also contributed to the rise.
		Fr Davies, who is a co founder of the 200 strong International Association of Exorcists begun in Rome in 1993, said other root causes were other phenomena such as ignorance of the Bible, lack of faith and spiritual blindness.
		Fr Davies, who was a doctor before taking holy orders, said the new ritual had not radically altered the work of exorcists, as the old ritual also advised priests to distinguish between the varying degrees of demonic influence and natural psychological disorders.
	archives.tcm.ie /irishexaminer/2000/04/28/current/fpage_4.htm (357 words)

	E-sangha, Buddhist Forum and Buddhism Forum -> Exorcism Article
		In Italy, the number of exorcists has increased more than tenfold in the last decade to about 300 nationwide; this year, one of the country’s largest archdioceses established a special task force to handle the growing demand for devil detox.
		Exorcisms made a comeback, spurred in part by the rise of the Catholic charismatic renewal movement, a Pentecostal faction that believes in healing and prophecy, and by the favors of the current pope, who has frequently referred to Satan as a dangerous force in the world.
		Even the success of “The Exorcist,” the 1973 horror classic starring a foreboding Von Sydow in the title role, which was re-released in 2000, helped stir interest.
	www.lioncity.net /buddhism/index.php?showtopic=4653 (1588 words)

	The Catholic Ministry of Deliverence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		FR RUFUS PEREIRA from India, is an acknowledged expert in the field of healing and deliverance and is the President of the International Association of Exorcists, a Vatican approved body.
		Although only priests officially designated as “exorcists” may deal with cases of “possession”, we can all by virtue of our baptism pray for deliverance for ourselves and in simple cases for our family members or friends.
		But there are those, both priests and lay people, who seem to have a special charism of praying for deliverance, which can be discerned by the fruits of their success and by their sober and well balanced approach, which needs to be confirmed by the community and the Church.
	myweb.tiscali.co.uk /renewaluk/gn0209/g0209rp.htm (1169 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / Europe / For exorcist, the devil's in the details
		A confused world engulfed in tragedy and chaos is turning increasingly to fl magic, the occult, and fortune-telling, he said, proof that the devil is having a field day.
		In Italy, the number of exorcists has increased more than tenfold in the last decade to about 300 nationwide; this year, one of the country's largest archdioceses established a special task force to handle the growing demand.
		He cofounded the International Association of Exorcists, an organization of priests that meets in secrecy every two years, and he remains its president emeritus.
	www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/05/02/for_exorcist_the_devils_in_the_details?mode=PF (952 words)

	The Church, the Council and the Unconscious Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Gabriele Amorth, the official exorcist of the diocese of Rome, helped found the International Association of Exorcists, which then had 6 members, and by 2000 had grown to 200.
		For us exorcists it was run of the mill.” In a more recent event he reports: “(A)t his weekly audience at St. Peter's, a young woman from a village near Monza started to shriek as the Pope was about to bless her.
		At a meeting of the International Association of Exorcists there was serious debate whether the dead who died in sin could possess the living, as we saw in the case of Viktor.
	www.innerexplorations.com /catchtheomor/ccu1.htm (12304 words)

	Sixwise.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Father Gabriele Amorth, the official exorcist of Vatican City in the Diocese of Rome and, perhaps, the most experienced exorcist of our time, formed the organization in 1993 to increase the number of official exorcists worldwide.
		There are apparently not enough official exorcists around to help all those who believe they are possessed by evil.
		In Italy, a surge in official exorcists over the past 20 years has raised the number to between 300 and 400, but in the United States there are not as many.
	www.sixwise.com /newsletters/05/09/07/exorcism.htm (784 words)

	Diocesan Commission on Occult and Satanism - Malta
		Presently he is the exorcist for the Diocese of Rome after receiving the mandate from the Holy Father.
		We've heard him say many times: "the main task of the devil is to make people believe he doesn't exist!" Padre GABRIEL AMORTH, world-renowned exorcist, is the founder and honorary president of the international association of exorcists.
		The number of officially nominated exorcists is terribly low, a sign that the clergy and episcopate believe neither in the devil nor in the power granted by Jesus to drive him out.
	www.kosmalta.org /amort.html (1111 words)

	Modern-day exorcism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Leading exorcist Father Jeremy Davies, 65, from the Westminster Diocese, believes the Church's increased vigilance in the past 10 years had also contributed to the number of exorcisms being performed.
		Father Davies, a former doctor and a co-founder of the 200-strong International Association of Exorcists, warned there was a tendency in the West to mistake the spiritual for the psychological.
		In Britain, each Catholic diocese has an exorcist, but they are forbidden to speak publicly about the ritual and are rarely identified.
	instruct.uwo.ca /philosophy/145/may15/tsld019.htm (134 words)

	open book: Remember the exorcists?
		That Exorcists' convention that was the butt of jokey commentary?
		In statements to the Italian newspaper Avvenire, Father Giancarlo Gramolazzo, president of the International Association of Exorcists, said: "There is much disinformation today on the role of the exorcist; sadly, the media shows this figure as something other than what he really is."
		I was glad to hear that there even were enough exorcists still around to have a convention.
	amywelborn.typepad.com /openbook/2005/09/remember_the_ex.html (412 words)

	Exorcists fight an implacable enemy every day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Amorth was excited because last September 14, Pope Benedict XVI publicly recognized the exorcists' work, but he also said that nowadays that labor is discredited.
		Experts attended the general audience on September 14 within the frame of a meeting held close to Rome to discuss their occupation, a meeting organized by the Italian Exorcists Association, the president is the priest Giancarlo Gramolazzi.
		He explained that the unmistakable symptoms of a demoniac possession are: talking in unknown languages, to know distant things or facts, huge physical strength, not according to the age or health, among others.
	www.quepasa.com /english/news/world/exorcists.implacable.enemy/376943.html (755 words)

	Curious Times: Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
		According to an exorcist in the small Italian town of Caronia, Lucifer himself is responsible for a strange rash of fires and explosions which have plagued that town since mid-January.
		The mayor of Caronia admitted that "I have no idea what is going on," while the regional civil defense chief gave his best guess, saying that the fires must be caused by "a dispersion of electrical energy, but the origin of the presumed dispersion has yet to be determined".
		The only person who dares speak the truth is the honourary president of the International Association of Exorcists, Father Gabriele Amorth, who explained that the devil was obviously loose in the town.
	members.shaw.ca /andreasohrt/232.02.19.04.html (904 words)

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		The International Association of Exorcists run by a Catholic priest has reported a rise in its activity thanks to the "vigilance" of the Catholic Church.
		The St. George Educational Trust and St. Michael the Archangel are closely associated with the International Third Position.
		The commission found that the St George Educational Trust and the Trust of St. Michael the Archangel are closely associated with the International Third Position, a dangerous far right group with an extreme fascist agenda.
	www.crazyweb.currantbun.com /ftf/notions.htm (590 words)

	Bulletin # 92 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Amorth is president of the International Association of Exorcists.
		He has ruled that every diocese should appoint at least one exorcist, but now a days there is more demand than supply of exorcists in some countries, says Father Amorth.
		Those who insist on the right to wear the traditional religious headgear in state institutions, intend to campaign for Islam, they argued, and in a secular state religion was to be strictly confined to private life.
	www.rationalistinternational.net /archive/en/rationalist_2002/92.htm (1193 words)

	The Cafeteria Is Closed: Exorcisms
		In 1999, the Vatican revised the rite of exorcism, updating a version that had been in use for centuries.
		There is now an International Association of Exorcists, and its conference last year in Mexico City drew more than 500 participants.
		It is perhaps worth noting that "The Exorcist" in its original form is an expression of orthodox belief--its greatest apologists aren't movie buffs who watch slasher flicks into the wee hours of Saturday night but pious believers who kneel in pews on Sunday morning.
	closedcafeteria.blogspot.com /2005/06/exorcisms.html (221 words)

	New Humanist July 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Currently waving crosses and sprinkling holy water in every diocese of the country (exorcists get their licences to practice from bishops), their number has grown from 20 to over 300 in just ten years.
		It is tempting to assign Amorth to the same kitsch landscape as Padre Pio and the numerous mystics that populate the peninsula.
		A priest for 50 years and an exorcist for 15, he is the president of the International Association of Exorcists, which he co—founded.
	www.newhumanist.org.uk /volume119issue4_more.php?id=851_0_31_0_C (1392 words)

	Messenger of Saint Anthony - The Exorcist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		But since having been entrusted with the role of exorcist in the diocese of Rome, his time has been completely consumed by his new ministry.
		I realised that he was assigning me to the role of assistant exorcist and I began to protest.
		And at the same time I realised that these people were overlooked, abandoned and often left to deal with their problems by themselves because of a lack of exorcists.
	www.saintanthonyofpadua.net /messaggero/pagina_articolo.asp?R=Interview&ID=174 (2711 words)

	Cardinal Cottier on Exorcisms - Catholic Online
		Father Amorth is an exorcist of the Diocese of Rome, and founder and honorary president of the International Association of Exorcists.
		The devil perhaps is instigator of this ignorance: He distracts man from God, and it is a great loss that can be contained by promoting an adequate apostolate in the media, in particular television, considering the amount of time that many people spend watching television programs, often with contents that are culturally inconsistent and immoral.
		The exorcist can be a Good Samaritan -- but he is not the Good Samaritan -- as sin is a graver reality.
	www.catholic.org /featured/headline.php?ID=2931 (1011 words)

	phatmass - The Phorum
		Father Amorth, who has become the world's most famous exorcist by writing about the practice and the devil's influence, spoke to L'Espresso about a scandal that has emerged in Italy recently, with the discovery of the bodies of two adolescents who were apparently tortured and killed some time ago.
		Father Amorth said that the revised ritual is "a disaster for us exorcists." The new ritual, he continued, prevents the priest from proceeding with an exorcism "unless he is certain about the condition of a diabolical possession, which is something that you can only ascertain in the process" of an exorcism.
		The exorcist offered a chilling reminder: "While it is easy to enter into these Satanic cults, it is extremely difficult to get out." He warned that those who enter the cults are quite literally risking their lives.
	www.phatmass.com /phorum/index.php?showtopic=21225 (7283 words)

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