Sex abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church are proof that that “the Devil is at work inside the Vatican”, according to the Holy See’s chief exorcist.
Father Gabriele Amorth, 85, who has been the Vatican’s chief exorcist for 25 years and says he has dealt with 70,000 cases of demonic possession, said that the consequences of satanic infiltration included power struggles at the Vatican as well as “cardinals who do not believe in Jesus, and bishops who are linked to the Demon”.
He added: “When one speaks of ‘the smoke of Satan’ [a phrase coined by Pope Paul VI in 1972] in the holy rooms, it is all true ”“ including these latest stories of violence and paedophilia.”
In lieu of comments, I am asking you to pray for those involved. Read it all–KSH.
May almighty God the Father together with His beloved Son our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit preserve those charged with the care of souls and the welfare of His Church from every adverse power of the Evil One and every demonic and infernal influence. May they be warded day and night by angels summoned by the ceaseless prayers of the Holy Theotokos and all the Holy Saints and Martyrs. Let no evil spirit or demonic power assail them. Drive far from them all the minions of the Prince of Lies and cast each and every specter of Hell back into the darkness and the terrible place prepared for them.
Through the prayers of the Mother of God may our souls be saved.
Amen.