Word: exorcistic
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...story hangs on the testimony of an interested party. But according to Father Gabriele Amorth, exorcist for the Diocese of Rome, the heir to the throne of St. Peter recently spent half an hour struggling--literally--with a demon from hell. Pope John Paul II was conducting his regular Wednesday audience on Sept. 6 when there was reportedly a disturbance in the front row. A 19-year-old woman began screaming insults in what Italian newspapers called "a cavernous voice." Struggling with guards, she displayed "a superhuman strength." The frail Pontiff did not hesitate. After the apparent demoniac was hurried...
...speak through her: "Not even [the] head [of the church] can send me away." Odd as the story may sound, it is the third reported instance of John Paul's attempting to cast out a demon (the others took place in 1978 and 1982). At a time when official exorcists are being added by several American dioceses, it suggests a remarkable comeback for an all-but-abandoned church rite. As if to illustrate the trend, the 1973 film The Exorcist has just been rereleased in theaters...
...Jesus cast out demons on six occasions; a transdenominational echo of the rite is found in Christian godparents' promise that their godchild will renounce the devil and all his works and ways. For centuries every Roman Catholic priest's ordination included an explicit induction into the Order of the Exorcist...
...scene which features marching Klansmen and a singing Klan leader. Actually, I could have done without that sequence. The only thing creepier than a singing Klan leader is... well, let me get back to you on that after I see the re-released, uncut version of 'The Exorcist." It???s pretty hard to beat a singing Klansman in the old Department of Truly Offensive Gags That Never Should Have Been Attempted (I'm sure Ted Danson is calling the department even as we speak and asking for his blackface incident to be downgraded to number two). I'm just hoping...
...Maybe it would be a good idea, in both cases, to summon an exorcist...